Benjamin Grant is a city planner, urban designer, curator and teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area. He spent over a decade at SPUR, the urban policy research organization, where he served as Urban Design Policy Director, leading research on physical planning, public space and urban design.
He is the author of numerous reports and studies on subjects that include retrofitting suburbs for walkability, the innovation-sector workplace, accommodating regional growth, and managing public open space. He led the development and implementation of the Ocean Beach Master Plan, an award-winning climate adaptation strategy for San Francisco's open coast.
He has curated numerous exhibitions for the SPUR Urban Center, and as co-founder of city|space, a nonprofit cultural organization. He has taught urban history and design at UC Berkeley, San Jose State University, and the San Francisco Art Institute.