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The Ballpark as The Catalyst
Photo Credit: Marjorie Childress
I love this photo my friend Marjorie took at what was then Pac Bell Park during a San Francisco Giants game back in 2003. I love how the light hits the grass, casting long shadows onto the field. I love how just out of frame, kayakers paddled behind our seats in the outfield, hoping to pluck a home run ball out of McCovey Cove. In...[read more]
Moneyball and Community Redevelopment
David versus Goliath. Backwater versus global city. Small market versus big market. Moneyball speaks to it all:The Moneyball thesis is simple: Using statistical analysis, small-market teams can compete by buying assets that are undervalued by other teams and selling ones that are overvalued by other teams.Like many Rust Belt cities,...[read more]
Hittin' It Out of the Park: Professional Baseball Plays Green
Professional athletes are always lending (or being forced to lend) their fame and faces to support charitable causes. (Think NBA Cares and NFL Play60!) But these efforts are watered down because of their obvious duality as publicity stunts. And except for lame, sponsor-heavy recycling efforts and the like, very few of these...[read more]
Sustainable Cities Collective
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“Did you hear about the event of a thread? Artist Anne Hamilton installed this during winter of 2013. I went with friends and it was a truly surreal experience. Less urbane than EMBARQ's examples, its was a true dance between space and humans. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qPEcO0bTa0”
“Did you hear about the event of a thread? Artist Anne Hamilton installed this during winter of 2013. I went with friends and it was a truly surreal experience. Less urbane than EMBARQ's examples, its was a true dance between space and humans. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qPEcO0bTa0”