A Struggle for Self-Reliance: A Brief History of Community Plans in Barrio Logan, 1978-2023

February 28, 2024.Reading time 18 minutes.

Editor’s note: In anticipation of the Society for American City and Regional Planning History’s (SACRPH) 2024 conference to be held in San Diego on the campus of the University of California San Diego, The Metropole’s theme for February is San Diego. This is the final entry. For more information about SACRPH 2024, see here. For […]

San Diego’s South Bay Annexation of 1957: Water Insecurity, Territorial Expansion, and the Making of a US-Mexico Border City

February 21, 2024.Reading time 43 minutes.

Editor’s note: In anticipation of the Society for American City and Regional Planning History’s (SACRPH) 2024 conference to be held in San Diego on the campus of the University of California San Diego, The Metropole’s theme for February is San Diego. This is the third of four entries for the month. For more information about […]

Revitalizing Cities Beyond the Center—A Review of “A Good Place to Do Business: The Politics of Downtown Renewal Since 1945”

February 14, 2024.Reading time 8 minutes.

Rose, Mark H. and Roger Biles. A Good Place to Do Business: The Politics of Downtown Renewal Since 1945. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2022. Reviewed by David Goodwin As public concern over the COVID-19 pandemic shifts from a guiding fear to a collective memory, American urban centers struggle to reimagine and restructure themselves to an […]

San Diego—A Green(er) City: Six Decades of Environmental Activism in a Biodiversity Hotspot

February 13, 2024.Reading time 37 minutes.

By Andrew Wiese Editor’s note: In anticipation of the Society for American City and Regional Planning History’s (SACRPH) 2024 conference to be held in San Diego on the campus of the University of California San Diego, The Metropole’s theme for February is San Diego. This is the second of four entries for the month. For […]

America’s Finest City? An Overview & Bibliography of San Diego

February 6, 2024.Reading time 45 minutes.

Editor’s note: In anticipation of the Society for American City and Regional Planning History’s (SACRPH) 2024 conference to be held in San Diego on the campus of the University of California San Diego, The Metropole’s theme for February is San Diego. This is the first of four entries for the month. For more information about […]