Monthly Archive:: January 2006
Those lucky Macromedia employees: Where do Macromedia’s 600 employees work? Not in a suburban office park
What makes San Francisco, San Francisco: There is no other San Francisco, and that in itself is the
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Now that’s some healthy convenience: For those who like to cook and commute by transit, it doesn’t
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SF’s new ‘city’ taking shape one unique development at a time: Disneyfication – the term given to developments that look a bit sterile
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Mission Bay – SF’s contemporary city within a city: With 303 acres in what is already one of the most desired
Bay Meadows – another beautiful, unaffordable new community: Of course, the more expensive/unaffordable a place becomes, the less of a
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Two restaurants short of a destination: Continuing our cooltown audit of developments across the San Francisco Bay Area,
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This plaza passes the ‘postcard test:
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A quick review of San Jose’s Santana Row: Santana Row in San Jose, CA does not have any housing that
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But where are the people?: While the Fruitvale Village development profiled yesterday is indeed a success story
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Oakland’s inspiring Fruitvale Village: In continuing a look at the most innovative new developments in the
Berkeley’s 4th Street – a destination with destinations: Great retail entertainment districts not only provide a strong sense of place,
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The retail entertainment trend: Bay Street, Emeryville: It’s now a common evolutional trend where retail is merging with entertainment.
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The mark of a neighborhood to watch – the cool indie coffeehouse: Other than the prolific amount of loft-type housing going on in Oakland’s
Lofty new neighborhood rises in Oakland: If you’re an entrepreneur, artist and/or associated with the creative class in
Checking out the SF Bay Area: Over the holiday break I revisited the San Francisco Bay Area to
Cities cool enough for a cutting edge website: In keeping up with our impromptu focus on media & resources this
Alternative reading for alternative places: As you may know, the target audience for cooltowns can be classified
Mass personalized transit – the ‘city car: What happens when you cross car sharing with a shopping cart? The