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26 May, 201713 April, 2017

West Oakland, gentrification, and environmental racism

A mural celebrating West Oakland.
Posted in environmental issues, race by s.e. smith

West Oakland is a hot new spot for techies looking for a cheap neighbourhood, but it’s also a hotbed of environmental racism.

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9 June, 201623 March, 2016

No urban planning backseat drivers could have predicted San Francisco

A view of San Francisco at night.
Posted in San Francisco by s.e. smith

For every Gawker hit piece on San Francisco’s urban planning, the city’s rapid explosion was entirely unpredictable, and officials cannot entirely be blamed for failing to be prepared for it.

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20 October, 201531 July, 2015

How the Tool Box became a Whole Foods

Two people in dramatic costumes under a parasol
Posted in commentary, LGBQT, San Francisco by s.e. smith

The aftermath of Folsom Street Fair (link NSFW) is over, and San Francisco is settling back into itself, a growingly genteel city interrupted by the occasional burp of a flailing queer culture — an increasingly mainstream Pride that looks more like a party for straight people than a defiant celebration of life, a Folsom Street […]

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25 June, 201429 March, 2014

‘Envy Chains’ and Aspirational Real Estate

A shot of the Golden Gate Bridge at night, wreathed in low-lying fog.
Posted in San Francisco, social justice by s.e. smith

Living part-time in the Bay Area as I do, I occupy a strange personal, class, and social space. I love the Bay Area deeply and enjoy my time there, but at the same time, I am one of the people contributing to the radical social and class shifts in the region, and, at times, one […]

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