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Our Palo Alto dreams and realities

Posted on August 3, 2014 by markweiss86

I had a strange feeling that I have not quite reconciled last week sitting thru two hours as a guest of the Housing Element committee — there were about 16 of us there total — and then walking home, from … Continue reading →

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How deep is your rot?

Posted on July 16, 2014 by markweiss86

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBMriOspUvA The building industry term “net zero” is a green-wash term designed to confuse the issue about growth per se. Here is a good article on it, about San Francisco’s first “net zero” building. Web Link To me the context … Continue reading →

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The four types of growth

Posted on July 13, 2014 by markweiss86

Original – Original growth means that we continue as we have been doing the last five years at least and let the developers do whatever they want whenever they want which in the instant matter means more office space downtown, … Continue reading →

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Buff Monster Ice Cream green zombie resin head

Posted on July 13, 2014 by markweiss86

I put a $20 token into a gum ball machine at Geffen MOCA in L.A. and got a green zombie resin head ice cream from Buff Monster. (Not to be confused with green-wash net-zero pseudo-choice of four types of unstoppable … Continue reading →

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The Croix de Palo Alto

Posted on May 20, 2014 by markweiss86

Back in the day the San Francisco Giants had a promotion wherein if you stayed to the end of an extra innings game, at often breezy and brisk Candlestick Park, you would receive a little prize, a pin called Croix … Continue reading →

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