We love architecture, we love politics and we love San Francisco. Hence, one of our favorite blogs is San Francisco Cityscape, written and maintained by Steve Boland. What started in 2001 as a site that digested news reports about urban planning, now his posts offer more analysis and deeplinks to other relevant information about specific topics. A dedicated urbanist, he advertises tees from Cafepress with slogans like "Stop Sprawl, Grow Up."
Of course, if you read the Blog Pulse, then you know we link to this guy pretty regularly. But it's because he's on top of many of the hot-button city issues such as the recently completed construction of Octavia Boulevard and the new development at Mission Bay. Honestly, his coverage of local urban planning is more in-depth than anything else we've seen.
He also keeps tabs on transportation issues, and most recently started up a deathwatch for the BART extension to San Jose, which garnered a healthy dose of comments. Obviously, with the all the craziness surrounding real eastate, City Hall and transit authorities around here, he won't be running out of juicy material any time soon. You can also keep an eye on his headlines blog, where he links to other reporters on the same beat.
Photo of the San Francisco skyline from the SF Cityscape galleries by Steve Boland.
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Dear Jackson: Thanks for the heads up about this site. However, here's a message for Mr. Boland from an old typesetter. I'm in my 50's and can still read tiny type on a page but tiny type on a computer screen is frankly vicious, so bump it up, please. And thank you.
Thanks, Jackson. I'm a regular reader and big fan of SFist.