This article, featured on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle on Sunday, August 7, discusses the Grand Boulevard Initiative and the urban design elements on El Camino Real.  Follow the link below to read this recent article.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/07/MNO01KJEEM.DTL

A summary of this article is also available at:  http://www.planetizen.com/node/50812