Eclectic Baja Rockridge: Like a Fine Vintage Wine
For the past ten years, I’ve been creating my city models in my front yard on Hudson Street almost
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Beyond Housing: Designing for a Lifetime
The Place It! Aging in Place workshop helped Rockridge residents articulate their physical, social, and long-term well-being needs.
Extending Benefits Beyond Housing
Cities need stronger rent regulations because land is finite. Simply building more housing will not, by itself, guarantee long-term
Aging in Place: What Kind of Places Do We Want to Live In? Place IT Workshop
As a senior, I'm tired of real estate developers, banks, and policymakers telling me how and where I
Aging in Place: What Kind of Places Do We Want to Live In?
As a senior, I'm tired of real estate developers, banks, and policymakers telling me how and where I
Aging in Place Workshop
What Kind of Places Do We Want to Live In? This interactive Place It! hands-on workshop invites Rockridge residents
I Am the Embedded Planner for Baja Rockridge
As urban planner Jonathan Pacheco Bell argues, planners should not plan from their desks but from within the communities they serve. I have taken that idea to heart. I plan from my front yard.
Julianne’s Garden: Reimagining the Space Between
For Julianne, the front yard is a place of self-expression. Her garden transforms the front yard into an extension of the home and a welcoming space for social interaction.
The Step Stool That Crash-Landed in My Rockridge Cloud
As an artist, I am always looking for ways to improve my city-model–building craft, so I enrolled in
Rockridge’s Sense of Place: What Makes It Special — and Worth Protecting
Lower Rockridge — what I call Baja Rockridge — is changing. Once rooted in relationships, it’s becoming more and more defined
Rockridge Rooms, Distant Worlds
The interior design of many Rockridge homes triggers memories from different places in my life: New York, Los Angeles flea
A “Sustainable” Renter’s Life for Me in Rockridge
As a child, I grew up in a single-family home and always assumed that was the end goal — especially