The Urban Legend

Transitioning from public to private school: UrbanBridge

Zoya Sarangan, Staff Writer • February 28, 2024

When Lily Mitchiner ‘26 walked into her first day of Making America, she was surprised at who she found in the room. “I was the only person in my class that came from a public school,” she said,...

Falling back in love with San Francisco

Maya Campbell, Arts and Culture Editor • March 28, 2021

[slideshow_deploy id='12535'] Before March 6, 2020, our daily lives were broken up into two sections: school life and home life. Whether you thought quarantine was a part of a never-ending...

Urban art teacher Jennifer Starkweather’s exhibit “Valediction” bids farewell to Bay Bridge east span

Niki King Fredel, Staff Writer • December 4, 2013

Jennifer Starkweather, a visual arts teacher at Urban, is saying farewell in her own way to the old east span of the Bay Bridge, a part of the San Francisco skyline since 1936. “Valediction,” a series...

New Bay Bridge eastern span bike path, long road to nowhere

Marie Bergsund and Aleah Jennings-Newhouse • November 14, 2013

With a dead end as its only destination and no access to San Francisco, the new Bay Bridge bike path could have been a tough sell. But visitors to the eight-mile path, located alongside the eastern...