living in the bay area is great. but sometimes, i have a longing for a new york sidewalk during the changing seasons.. i happened upon this artciel: New York tries to create Gardens of Eden on city streets on christian science monitor. the city of new york's is attempting to soften the urban landscape.

while oakland's streets are fairly lovely in some stretches of neighborhoods, i think we could do more like this and create a more comfortable outdoors city. i also liked reading the comments about the article- aside from all the urban gardens throughout oakland- maybe we should have them going down broadway in huge planters. (?) sounds fun.