• SEPTEMBER_2010


    Tue
    7
    EXHIBIT OPENING
    6:00pm
    DIY Urbanism opening party
    EXHIBIT OPENING
    Tuesday, September 7, 2010 6:00pm
    Don't miss the opening of DIY Urbanism: Testing the grounds for social change, an exhibit on view at the SPUR Urban Center from September 7-October 2 …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    $10 - $20 sliding scale admission
    Register here

  • Wed
    8
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    12:30pm
    Crosstown bikeways
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    Wednesday, September 8, 2010 12:30pm
    What will it take to make San Francisco a world-class bicycling city—with a continuous network of cross-town bikeways offering safe, comfortable and …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members
    Okay to bring lunch

  • Thu
    9
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    12:30pm
    The Transit Sustainability Project
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    Thursday, September 9, 2010 12:30pm
    The Metropolitan Transportation Commission has launched a regional Transit Sustainability Project to create a more robust, financially viable transit …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members
    Okay to bring lunch

  • Tue
    14
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    12:30pm
    A new tool for congestion pricing
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    Tuesday, September 14, 2010 12:30pm
    Over the past three years, economist and transportation activist Charles Komanoff has created a traffic-analysis model that calculates the impact of c …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members
    Okay to bring lunch

  • EVENING SYMPOSIUM
    6:00pm
    A Girl is a Fellow Here
    EVENING SYMPOSIUM
    Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:00pm
    In a time when women architects could find little work, Frank Lloyd Wright’s studio was an exception. The film 100 Women Architects in the Studio of …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Register here

  • Thu
    16
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    12:30pm
    TOD and job centers
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    Thursday, September 16, 2010 12:30pm
    The Center for Transit Oriented Development recently declared that transit planning should focus primarily on connecting people to regional employment …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members
    Okay to bring lunch

  • Fri
    17
    SPECIAL EVENT
    11:00am
    PARK(ing) Day
    SPECIAL EVENT
    Friday, September 17, 2010 11:00am
    First celebrated in San Francisco in 2005, PARK(ing) Day has since become a global phenomenon. The annual event celebrates public space and street lif …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]

    ADMISSION
    Free to members and non-members

     


  • SPECIAL EVENT
    12:30pm
    Parklet permit info session
    SPECIAL EVENT
    Friday, September 17, 2010 12:30pm
    Wish PARK(ing) Day lasted longer than one day?  Learn how to get your very own “parklet,” the City’s innovative experiment to create more publi …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members and non-members


  • Wed
    22
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    12:30pm
    GreenTRIP
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    Wednesday, September 22, 2010 12:30pm
    GreenTRIP is a new certification program that rewards residential in-fill projects that help reduce traffic and greenhouse gas emissions. To get certi …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members
    Okay to bring lunch

  • Thu
    23
    WALKING TOUR
    12:00pm
    Aquarium of the Bay tour
    WALKING TOUR
    Thursday, September 23, 2010 12:00pm
    The Aquarium of the Bay is a nonprofit nature center with a mission to inspire conservation of San Francisco Bay, the largest estuary on the West Coas …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]

    ADMISSION
    $10. Limit 25 people per tour.  SPUR members only.           Register here. 


  • Fri
    24
    SPECIAL EVENT
    3:00pm
    How to green your street
    SPECIAL EVENT
    Friday, September 24, 2010 3:00pm
    In this DIY workshop, learn how to green your neighborhood’s street medians and sidewalks. Join us for an informational session from 3:00 p.m. to 5: …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members


  • Tue
    28
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    12:30pm
    Community building and HOPE SF
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    Tuesday, September 28, 2010 12:30pm
    HOPE SF, San Francisco’s program to revitalize eight distressed public housing sites, is the first large-scale effort in the country aimed at both d …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members
    Okay to bring lunch

  • EVENING SYMPOSIUM
    6:30pm
    2010 Patri fellowship presentation
    EVENING SYMPOSIUM
    Tuesday, September 28, 2010 6:30pm
    Third Street and Cargo Way, the site of this year’s Piero N. Patri Fellowship project, lies at the inter-section of the Port’s eco-industrial Pier …

    LOCATION
    Pier 1                                                                      San Francisco, CA

    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members


  • Wed
    29
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    12:30pm
    Redevelopment in Visitacion Valley
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    Wednesday, September 29, 2010 12:30pm
    Join us for a lively discussion of the community-driven planning process, fascinating site history and remediation program behind the Schlage Lock dev …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members
    Okay to bring lunch

  • Thu
    30
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    12:30pm
    A 21st century transportation system
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    Thursday, September 30, 2010 12:30pm
    Will federal transportation policy shape the cities of the future, or will we continue to invest in the outdated strategies fueling suburban sprawl an …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members
    Okay to bring lunch