<<   OCTOBER 2009   >>

  • Thu
    1
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    12:30pm
    A new Doyle Drive
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    Thursday, October 1, 2009 12:30pm
    With funding from the federal stimulus package, the new Presidio Parkway is slated to start construction this fall, replacing the decrepi …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members
    Okay to bring lunch

  • Mon
    5
    COMMITTEE MEETING
    12:30pm
    Transportation Committee
    COMMITTEE MEETING
    Monday, October 5, 2009 12:30pm
    In October 2008 the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Board of Directors unanimously endorsed the recommendations of the Transi …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Members welcome
    Okay to bring lunch

  • Tue
    6
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    12:30pm
    Planning Portland
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    Tuesday, October 6, 2009 12:30pm
    Prior to leaving his post as Portland, Oregon’s first Chief Urban Designer in late March this year, Arun Jain completed a working bluepr …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members
    Okay to bring lunch

  • Wed
    7
    WALKING TOUR
    12:30pm
    Tour of SF windmills
    WALKING TOUR
    Wednesday, October 7, 2009 12:30pm
    Don't miss this treat to explore the Golden Gate Park windmills! The windmills were built in 1902 and 1905 to pump water for the irrigati …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]

    ADMISSION
    Members only.                                       RSVP to tours@spur.org


  • Thu
    8
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    12:30pm
    Childcare in SF
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    Thursday, October 8, 2009 12:30pm
    Childcare is vital to creating a family-friendly city. Families in San Francisco face unique challenges finding affordable, safe and qual …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members
    Okay to bring lunch

  • Tue
    13
    BUSINESS BREAKFAST
    7:30am
    SPUR Business Breakfast: Dick Blum
    BUSINESS BREAKFAST
    Tuesday, October 13, 2009 7:30am
    LOCATION
    contact SPUR for location information

    ADMISSION
    Free to

    SPUR business members


  • COMMITTEE MEETING
    10:00am
    Project Review Committee
    COMMITTEE MEETING
    Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:00am
    Project Review Committee Reviews proposals for individual buildings, and evaluates them based on their potential to enhance the vitality of city life …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members
    Okay to bring lunch

  • LUNCHTIME FORUM
    12:30pm
    Designing TODs
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    Tuesday, October 13, 2009 12:30pm
    Architect David Baker explores how transit-oriented developments serve as a mechanism by which residents are able to make changes to their …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members
    Okay to bring lunch

  • Thu
    15
    SPECIAL EVENT
    4:30pm
    Facility Rental Open House: Special holiday rental packages for the Urban Center
    SPECIAL EVENT
    Thursday, October 15, 2009 4:30pm
    Join us from 4:30 - 6:30 PM   Looking for a fantastic venue to hold your holiday party or another upcoming meeting or event? Join us for the …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to people interested in renting the SPUR Urban Center for an event

  • Fri
    16
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    12:30pm
    The challenges of a 21st century city
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    Friday, October 16, 2009 12:30pm
    Anthony Flint, author of Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City, will …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members
    Okay to bring lunch

  • Mon
    19
    COMMITTEE MEETING
    12:30pm
    Housing Committee Meeting
    COMMITTEE MEETING
    Monday, October 19, 2009 12:30pm
    San Francisco has become one of the most expensive cities in the country. The cost of living here is driving out the city's cultural diversity. For th …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members
    Okay to bring lunch

  • Tue
    20
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    12:30pm
    Tehran: a city in unrest
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:30pm
    Iran has been in a state of conflict since the controversial presidential election in June. Marc Babsin, principal at Emerald Fund, spent …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members
    Okay to bring lunch

  • YOUNG URBANISTS
    6:00pm
    Ballots and brews
    YOUNG URBANISTS
    Tuesday, October 20, 2009 6:00pm
    Join SPUR's Young Urbanists for an informal gathering and learn what's on the ballot for the November election and what it means for San F …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]

    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $10 for non-members, $55 membership RSVP to events@spur.org.

     


  • Wed
    21
    WALKING TOUR
    12:30pm
    SF Great Streets demonstration projects
    WALKING TOUR
    Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:30pm
    Tour the newest great public spaces in San Francisco, created as part of the City's Pavement to Parks Initiative. Planning Department st …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]

    ADMISSION
    Members only.                                       RSVP to tours@spur.org

     


  • Thu
    22
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    12:30pm
    Lawn chairs in Times Square
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:30pm
    Amost overnight, Times Square in New York City has become a great place to sit and watch the world. Tim Tompkins, President of the Times …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members
    Okay to bring lunch

  • Tue
    27
    EVENING FORUM
    6:00pm
    New residential architecture in Southern California
    EVENING FORUM
    Tuesday, October 27, 2009 6:00pm
    Sam Lubell, California editor of The Architect's Newspaper, will talk about and sign copies of his book Living West: New Residential Archi …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members


  • Wed
    28
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    12:30pm
    Save the planet! (or plan B)
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    Wednesday, October 28, 2009 12:30pm
    Ken Caldeira, of the Carnegie Institution for Science's Department of Global Ecology at Stanford University—one of the world’s leadin …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members
    Okay to bring lunch

  • Thu
    29
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    12:30pm
    XERO Dallas
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:30pm
    Architects David Baker, Ian Dunn and Amit Price Patel of David Baker + Partners Architects and David Fletcher from Fletcher Studio will p …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members
    Okay to bring lunch

  • Fri
    30
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    12:30pm
    Bike like the Danes
    LUNCHTIME FORUM
    Friday, October 30, 2009 12:30pm
    The 500,000 people who use bicycles each day in Copenhagen are not “cyclists,” nor are they “environmentalists.” They merely choo …
    LOCATION
    654 Mission Street,
    San Francisco, CA 94105-4015
    [ map ]
    ADMISSION
    Free to members
    $5 for non-members
    Okay to bring lunch