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As I have been working on the book I have been observing spaces and the way we interact in them.  It’s interesting to me to watch people at a coffee shop. Once you enter, things change. It’s like we all have adopted a [...]

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Ok. This happened really fast. It’s amazing when you have something waiting to come out of you how easy it is. I am putting this up here in its raw form. I only skimmed through it to look for typos and it will be edited many times before making it into the book but I [...]

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I got up early this morning to write and the chapter I am working on is about community and the different ways we all engage with it in our lives. I looked up the word and found a definition I like.
Community; a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
I [...]

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I was not sure if I wanted to get on the blog here and start talking about this project until I was further along but I am beginning to think that the benefits of including everyone in the process outweigh the risk of humiliation if this thing were never to get published.
Its a tough thing [...]

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Go check out this article about a San Francisco development project that is now selling and then come back here and tell us if you want one of these buildings built here in Sacramento. You never know you might just get your wish one of these days.
I know its limiting and “not for everyone” but [...]

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I know that you would think that music and urban space do not have all that much in common but I think somewhere deep down in the way good music pulls you in and gets you to dream in a way you weren’t sure you could, good livable urban spaces started in the same place. [...]

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For those looking to make a difference in the place they live, I would argue that the first and simplest step you can take is to start Blogging. It unlike many other options is an easy first step and has the potential to evolve into something bigger. Not just bigger on the blog side but [...]

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I have heard of adaptive re-use but this is a whole different thing going on here..

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If this does not make you want to go out and buy a new car…..
This picture was photographed by Chris Jordan as a part of a series helping give us a glimpse of our true impact on the world.

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Last week I was frustrated with our voicemail system and decided that I was going to fix it no matter how long it took me.  3 hours later we had a new message, simpler extensions and well… some good music for those who just need to take a break from their busy day.  But here [...]

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