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06/02/2026

For those who didn’t know I’m a Nuyorican, which is a Puerto Rican raised in NYC. Through researching my family’s history on Ancestry, I found some fascinating connections to New York City in the past century.

06/01/2026

A creek was buried underneath Baltimore and now it’s a public art installation.

Here’s Bruce Willen of Public Mechanics showing us his Ghost Rivers project.

05/28/2026

The majority of fish sold in NYC goes through the Fulton Fish Market in The Bronx.

Here’s a tour with Robert DiGregorio, aka “Bobby Tuna”, and Ariana Garbaccio.

05/27/2026

San Francisco is getting a new neighborhood with .

Here’s Laura Crescimano co-founder and principal of in San Francisco.

05/26/2026

San Francisco is getting new upgrades to its urban design!

Here’s Laura Crescimano co-founder and principal of SITELAB urban studio in San Francisco.

05/25/2026

This is the birthplace of global time! ⏰

At the Royal Observatory Greenwich with Dr. Claire Warrior.

05/24/2026

Did you know whiskey is distilled in Brooklyn? 🥃

Fort Hamilton Distillery brings NYC’s history of making rye whiskey back to the modern era at Industry City.

Featuring Alex Clark and Jim Somoza.

The more I explored San Francisco, the more I fell in love with it. Admittedly my expectations of this city were super l...
05/22/2026

The more I explored San Francisco, the more I fell in love with it.

Admittedly my expectations of this city were super low, because of the rhetoric in the media. I had the impression that it was a city that has fallen into decay.

I did of course encounter some of those issues that are well publicized. For example how the downtown is still reeling from the effects of the pandemic, how many stores had security guards stationed to let customers in, and the rampant drug use in some areas like the Tenderloin and Mission District.

Most cities have areas that also struggle in their own ways. This is nothing new. San Francisco is just more in the spotlight. I think that’s because it’s a city of such natural and architectural beauty.

Perched on my hotel The Four Seasons Embarcadero I was able to see skyscrapers, quaint low rise neighborhoods, green mountains with the fog rolling in everyday, and the expansive bay.

I’m hard pressed to think of many other cities where I see this combination of natural beauty clashing with an urban jungle.

I can’t wait to return here and explore more!

05/22/2026

This is how you design a building to be earthquake resistant.

Here’s David Shook at SOM on the structural engineering behind the Grimes Engineering Center in the University of California, Berkeley.

05/21/2026

A 1980s Brutalist shell, reborn in glass and steel. Berkeley’s new Grimes Engineering Center keeps the bones and rewrites the rest. 🏛️⚙

Here’s how Michael Duncan and David Shook at SOM designed the Grimes Engineering Center in the University of California, Berkeley.

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