Lydia Lee

I write about buildings, landscape, other stuff. Recommend car-free local vacations--you get some adventure and you don't have to stress about parking.

[Lydia Lee @smallspace]

@issielapowsky Great reporting! I was involved in early meetings as a bike/ped advocate, and wondered what had happened to the grand vision.

[Lydia Lee @smallspace]

Just got a PR email that said: “PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A NEWSLETTER. YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUBCRIBED TO ANYTHING. THIS IS A HOLIDAY CARD FROM A REAL PERSON.”

[Lydia Lee @smallspace]

OMG there’s a complex in Mountain View (San Antonio x ECR) that looks exactly like this & has the same population.

[Rebecca McCarthy @reemccarthy]

Guy at a party told me he got divorced during the pandemic and tried to organize his building, only to realize everyone living there was also a recently divorced guy. Thought he was exaggerating until I saw the building.

[Lydia Lee @smallspace]

Spain is also where people throw tomatoes at each other. I re-enacted La Tomatina with red water balloons with a kindergarten class. But flaming brooms?!?

[Lydia Lee @smallspace]

This @AudubonMag profile by Jessica Bruder is a hoot! (And death to air potatoes.) https://t.co/N21P1xafCv

[Lydia Lee @smallspace]

@bgoldst I don’t know exactly where this is on the timeline, but Robert Palmer’s Nagel-esque “Addicted to Love” came out in 1985.

[Lydia Lee @smallspace]

@timothy_schuler Are you in SF?

[Lydia Lee @smallspace]

The @NationalASLA's new Climate Action Plan, which calls for carbon-neutral landscapes by 2040, has an inspiring origin story: https://t.co/8sp6Lhq5nE

[Lydia Lee @smallspace]

@fauvescraper @NationalASLA @JFKPromenade @MosconeCenter Agreed on the bike rack situation! I was going to park my bike in the BikeLink lockers in the 3rd Street garage but ended up just walking from the train station.

[Lydia Lee @smallspace]

How to celebrate Halloween AND advocate for affordable housing: https://t.co/Sj5F5PykHB

[Lydia Lee @smallspace]

@timothy_schuler What did you say??? "Sorry to hear about your impending divorce?"

[Lydia Lee @smallspace]

best costume ever

[Lydia Lee @smallspace]

@dylan20 @corvidresearch I know “crow,” “eagle,” “heron,” “egret,” and “blue-footed booby.”

[Lydia Lee @smallspace]

A building rendering that literally shows a levitating top…I feel like this should get some sort of Dubious Architecture Achievement award. @marklamster @LangeAlexandra

[John King @JohnKingSFChron]

As the director of @sfplanning told me, “In the rendering it looks pretty neat. I’m not sure how you actually BUILD it, though” https://t.co/BIy23aESFC via @sfchronicle

[Lydia Lee @smallspace]

@JohnKingSFChron @sfplanning @sfchronicle “Sexy/heroic”—BWAHAHAA!

[Lydia Lee @smallspace]

@aarieff Alas my sleep goes to pot during travel so any benefits would be cancelled out for me.

[Lydia Lee @smallspace]

@dylan20 @corvidresearch I’m so impressed that you even know what a grackle is

[Lydia Lee @smallspace]

@fauvescraper @SpokesFolksShow This sounds amazing!

[Lydia Lee @smallspace]

Wondering what is going on with the Hunters Point Power Plant site? I reported the latest wrinkle on this long-dormant property for @TheFrisc:

[The Frisc @TheFrisc]

ICYM over the weekend: PG&E delays a key step required to move ahead with building homes, commercial space, and more at the old HP Power Plant site

[Lydia Lee @smallspace]

Mendocino Grain Project's Rachel Britten on why you should buy locally grown grains: "You wouldn’t think that freshly dried beans would make a difference, but oh man, it does. Especially with quinoa—you can taste the difference, no question." https://t.co/di7k64K5fe