San Francisco is preparing to undertake the nation
’s most ambitious trial of a wireless sensor network that will announce which parking spaces are free at any moment.

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Conceding the failure of the South Street Seaport pier as a “festival marketplace,” its owners plan to replace it with a mixed-use project including an apartment and hotel tower.

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This would be all too perfect for the city of bridges.  An efficient train system! F the sky way which leads to all the walkable parts of downtown, minus to San Marco. According to Metrojacksonville.com, the people want to ride the train wave, similar to other Southern cities.  A model after Charlotte and Nashville perhaps?

Please take action! Make this commuter map expand as far as the beaches and Orange Park!

Where should the trains go? Tell Florida Times-Union reporter Larry Hannan what you think by calling him at (904) 359-4470 or e-mail him at
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The owners of Starrett City housing complex have reached an agreement with government officials that would ensure it remains affordable to working and middle-class families.

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Could “The Real World: Brooklyn” actually be “The Real World: Carroll Gardens”? One week after the network’s reality show announced that it would tape its 21st season in Brooklyn this summer, one Gardens property owner said he has the inside track on snatching the show’s players from hipper neighborhoods.

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———- Once upon a time, I really wanted to be a cast member. Imagine all the attention and free shit. Everywhere! But, seriously this is too much to handle. Maybe they’ll be Michelle Williams neighbor and the cast member’s job is to babysit or to be chief magazine interns, where they are forced to take vigira . Thoughts?

A geographer for the Department of City Planning has calculated that New York City is 17 square miles smaller than it was long thought to be.

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Well, I know where I will be staying next week. Not.

This gentrification has been brewing for years now. Even when I worked at the Draper Studios on 9th and Pearl, I would glance at the “New Springfield” billboard and shake my head. White people, white people. Can we get anymore ridiculous?

Why would this be asthecically appealing?

It’s on my block! Now, if I only had the 1.1 mil to spare, this could be mine!

Fort Green has a wonderful history. Full of artist, such as Sike lee and Eykah Baduh, it’s pretty telling that there is still an influx of the gentrification cycle. Sure, there is a Super Target adjacent to BAM, but somehow the culture remains in tact. After dining at the delicious pequena I walked 30 steps to Moe’s. I was greeted by a projection of SHAFT. Immediately entranced, I sipped on whiskey giner until the production was over. All while watching the Hispanic man dance to soul, making sure to applaud with the rest of the bar when he spun around in his chair.

A must go!