Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Chris Carlsson

Water Wars, Past and Future!

By Chris Carlsson | Jul 7, 2009 | 2 Comments

Neighbors have created this triangular oasis at Clayton and Corbett in Upper Eureka Valley. One essential way to enjoy the streets of San Francisco is to get out and walk around. We have so many amazing walks at our doorsteps. In the hills are hidden staircases, promontories and open hilltops with amazing views, and secret […]

Things Are Heating Up!

By Chris Carlsson | Jul 1, 2009 | 5 Comments

New Bike Plan! Let’s Get Naked and Celebrate! Critical Mass San Francisco, June 2009. I was glad to see “We Are the World” on the ridiculously inadequate Climate Change bill that finally emerged from the corrupt U.S. Congress. Sadly, the bill could only emerge with the support of a number of mainstream environmental lobbyists in […]

Revisiting the San Francisco Freeway Revolt

By Chris Carlsson | Jun 11, 2009 | 27 Comments

Editor’s note: This piece was written for Shaping San Francisco and is now incorporated into the new wiki version, your best place to research San Francisco history, FoundSF.org. Protesters march along Embarcadero in early 1960s, stump of Embarcadero Freeway ends behind them at Broadway. Photo courtesy San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library In the […]

Food Bad, Lawns Good? Berkeley Bureaucrats Target Transition Activist

By Chris Carlsson | Jun 4, 2009 | 12 Comments

Asa Dodsworth’s Home on Acton at Allston Way in Berkeley. I got an email forwarded to me over the weekend titled "BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA HATES URBAN GARDENS" which naturally sparked my interest. Turns out to be a lot more interesting than the title even suggested. Asa Dodsworth has lived in his place on Acton and Allston […]

At the Edge of Commercialization: The Maker Faire

By Chris Carlsson | Jun 2, 2009 | 10 Comments

San Francisco cyclists leave on Valencia May 30 for the Maker Faire 20 miles south in San Mateo. Following the siren song of the Fossil Fool, or expecting to anyway (he was very late!), I joined a surprisingly large contingent of San Francisco cyclists to ride the 20-odd miles to the Maker Faire at the […]

CBS 5’s Joe Vazquez Has a Critical Math Problem

By Chris Carlsson | May 7, 2009 | 20 Comments

Critical Mass, March 2009. Photo by Bryan Goebel. I got a call a week ago from the SF Bike Coalition‘s media person. She was looking for someone to talk to Joe Vazquez of CBS 5, a reporter who was going to do a piece on Critical Mass. I declined, having been interviewed far too often […]

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