Browsing University of Waterloo by Subject "San Francisco"
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Collectivizing the Platform: Re-Imagining Hotel Living as an Affordable Housing Strategy in San Francisco
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-01)This thesis proposes to re-evaluate the role of the Single Room Occupancy Hotel (SRO) typology to aid affordable housing production in San Francisco within the context of Californian techno-dominance. In our platform ... -
DECLAMATION: Embracing the Arid State in the Hetch Hetchy Water System
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-24)Land reclamation is a form of land management, common in the American Southwest, that seeks to alter arid landscapes through a fabricated re-balancing of the hydrological ledger: taking water from one location, sometimes ... -
Fathers, Sons, and Hippies: Changes in American Blues in the 1960s and its Connection to the Counterculture
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-05)This thesis examines the changing landscape of American blues music in the 1960s as well as the blues’ connection to the 1960s counterculture. This paper makes frequent use of oral histories from musicians and counterculture ...