Local architect and Planning Commission chairman Joe Yee announced his run for the District 4 City Council seat Monday, bringing the number of candidates vying for current City Councilman Rob Fong’s seat to three. Yee, 61, said he decided to run for City Council because he feels he can help the city move forward. “I want to continue the investment of my time in public service,” Yee said Wednesday. “I have the skills and the interests and, frankly, the emotional investment in the city.” His “emotional investment” in the city, Yee said, comes from being a lifelong resident of Sacramento, and having attended local schools from elementary through high school before attending college at Cali

Please join us on Wednesday evening, August 24th beginning at 5:45pm for this month’s 4th Wednesday Design Dialogue (4WDD). “Complete Streets” is the inspiring story of the planning, re-design and transfiguration of West Sacramento’s main street area: West Capitol Avenue. The project completely transformed a portion of old highway US 40 with a wide variety of improvements including new, widened sidewalks, re-structured roads, contiguous bicycle lanes, pocket plazas, landscape plantings and iconic bus shelters which celebrate the City’s unique identity. The re-development of this area has served to foster community spirit by addressing the needs of West Sacramento’s residents and employee

Sacramento there is always lots of talk about the quantity and quality of theater productions, art events, concerts or music and dance performances, but rarely do we hear people talking about what it takes to be and live as an artist in Sacramento. With all the actors, musicians, visual artists, performers, designers, architects, writers, chefs, and other creative professionals in the region, it makes sense to ask this question, so that we can truly be a place where arts and artists thrive. For Arts’ Sake – the coalition of artists, arts managers and arts enthusiasts seeking to strengthen the eco-system for Sacramento arts and culture – has launched an online survey directed to all the cr

The city of Sacramento is looking for a few good designers, urban planners, architects and artists to submit their ideas to revamp Capitol Mall, between Tower Bridge and Ninth Street. The juried competition is expected to draw international attention. “Since the state turned Capitol Mall over to the city five years ago, there’s a growing impetus to do something with that space and get it activated,” said Chris Barkley of the American Institute of Architects Central Valley Chapter, the competition adviser to the city. Stakeholders in the area have been meeting over the past five years and decided to put out a call for ideas to make Capitol Mall the significant street it once was, accordin

From the moment Chris Lango laid eyes on it, he had to have it. The interior wasn't even built yet — just an empty shell in a rundown old building designed in 1924 to showcase motorcars. But he knew this loft on the alley would be everything he wanted in urban living -- creative, a bit rough, hidden away in the middle of the city. An exterior remodel, part of an adaptive reuse, was well underway. He was captured by the history of the building and the story of its architect. "I was blown away," said Lango, 45. "I've always liked unique living spaces. If you like city living, I guess living in an alley is the most urban. Certainly, the most gritty." Lango was living in an apartment over