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Internship Projects:
(1) City Design Group: San Francisco Public Life and Public Space Program
In an effort to raise the profile of pedestrian needs, the San Francisco Public Life and Public Space Program collects use and satisfaction data of key neighborhood commercial streets, which then compliments the wealth of information already collected on vehicle use. This research evaluates how well various streetscape designs meet the activity needs of users, as well as establishes baseline pedestrian data for key routes that then can be used to track the success of future streetscape improvements.
Potential Locations: 1. Market Street; 2. Ferry Plaza
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(2) Historic Preservation: Adaptive Reuse Analysis of Church and Theater Buildings
More info about this project coming soon!
The proposed project is an economic study for adaptive reuse of historic churches and movie theaters. The project would focus on potential policies and programs to incentivize the preservation and reuse of these particular building types. Policies would be informed by the financial requirements for undertaking such a project. Possible programs may include specific zoning, low-interest loans, outside grants, expedited project review, fee subsidies, etc. The study would proceed by reviewing and synthesizing existing research concerning the adaptive reuse of historic churches and theaters; documenting examples of successful (and failed) reuse in other localities; analyzing a group of case studies to identify common barriers and incentives to preservation of these building types; and developing policy recommendations for the Planning Department.
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(3)Environmental Analysis: Archeological Mapping
The Planning Department maintains an on-going archeological mapping & database project that uses GIS to create maps and associated databases for distinct San Francisco archeological themes. To date Archeo GIS projects have been completed for Prehistoric San Francisco, Hispanic Period San Francisco (1776-1848), and Yerba Buena Period San Francisco (1835-1850). and Various archeological themes yet to be developed include Shipwrecks and Buried Ships, the Gold Rush Period, Cemeteries, Child-Saving Charities, 19th Century Industrial sites, Prostitution Houses, 19 th Century Public Amusements, 19 th Century Refuse, and distinct themes for individual ethnic/racial/ethno-religious groups important in San Francisco history including the Chinese, Jewish, Russian, French, German, and African-American. In addition to GIS skills, the internship may require some primary literature research but this will vary on the archeological theme selected. The Summer Intern and MEA will select an archeological GIS theme for the Summer 2009 Internship Project based on intern’s interest and expertise.
Required Skills: GIS, preferably ESRI GIS programs (ArcGIS, ArcEditor, ArcView)
* Please submit a portfolio for this project demonstrating ability/knowledge of GIS.
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