Dr. Linda L. Day is an emeritus Professor of City and Regional Planning, California Polytechnic State University -- San Luis Obispo, CA, a contributing faculty member of Walden University, a planner, and an author who writes about cities. She received her Masters in Architecture from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee and her Ph.D. in Urban Policy from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. Dr. Day has taught political science, public administration, and city planning. She has published two books, journal articles, and blog posts. Dr. Day served on the Architectural Review Commission of the City of San Luis Obispo, California for four years, where she evaluated building and site design. Dr. Day recently published "This House is Just Right: A Design Guide to Choosing a Home and Neighborhood," a homebuyer's guide to choosing a higher density home in a location that is connected to job and activity settings by transit.
No Place to Call Home: A Review of 'Homeless: Poverty and Place in Urban America'
In a history of the skid rows in American cities from the late 19th century until the urban renewal era of the 1960s, Ella Howard tells of the impoverished people who inhabited them and the policy choices that supported their existence.
Lawrence Halprin and the Public Realm: Can the United Nations Plaza Unite San Franciscans?
Since its inauguration in 1975, San Francisco’s United Nations Plaza has not served its intended purpose.
S.F.'s Transbay Transit Center: Grand Central Station of the West, or Billion Dollar Bus Station?
The developers of San Francisco’s Transbay Transit Center say it has the potential to change travel patterns in the region and land use in the neighborhood, as did New York City’s Grand Central Terminal. How realistic is this promise?
A New Financing Tool for California: Enhanced Infrastructure Finance Districts
Enhanced infrastructure finance districts allow regional cooperation on infrastructure investment and economic development.
The Well Has Run Dry: Redevelopment in Vallejo, CA Without Tax Increment Financing
A case study of Vallejo shows how the city is continuing revitalization efforts without the powerful tools provided by its former redevelopment agency.