roll and a space cast. >> there are people from all over the world come to san francisco and say this is the place to be. >> yeah. it's amazing, we have teams from all over the world here today and they are thrilled. >> i flew from ireland to be here. and been practicing since for the competition. all the best casters in the world come here. my fellow countryman came in first place and james is on the current team and he is the head man. >> it's unique. will not see anything like it where you go to compete in the world. competitions in ireland, scotland, norway, japan, russia each year, the facilities here in the park are second to none. there is no complex in the world that can touch it. >> i'm here with bob, and he has kindly agreed to tell me everything i need to know about

casting. i'm going to suit up and next, we're in the water. >> what any gentleman should do. golden gate angling has free lessons the second saturday of every month. we have equipment show up on the 9:30 on the second saturday of every month and we'll teach them to fly cast. >> ok. we are in the water. >> let me acquaint you with the fly rod. >> nice to meet you. >> this is the lower grip and the upper grip. this is a reel and a fly line. we are going to use the flex of this rod to fling away. exactly as you moved your hands. >> that's it? >> that's it. >> i'm a natural. >> push both arms forward and snap the lower hand into your

tummy. push forward. >> i did gave it a try and had great time but i might need some more practice. i met someone else with real fly casting skills. her name is donna and she is an international fly casting champion. >> i have competed in the casting ponds in golden gate park in san francisco. i have been to japan and norway for fly casting competition. i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these

beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play! reality. >> i'm carl shannon i run a business here in san francisco.

it's with huge pleasure that i get to welcome i here on this historic day on many fronts. hundreds of people who are not here have been involved in making this promise a reality and i'm grateful to all of. you. i want to thank mayor lee and china founder and chairman and the projects architect of architect company. i'd like to (clapping) to say thank you to all of the supervisors and specifically to jane kim who is the district supervisor. we've had several changes of people who have been involved in the past and present. thank you to the planning

commission and to those members of the commission including michael and a special thanks to john ram who's done a outstanding job and the d b i staff they're here today. we live in an circlely special time and this neighborhood has exchanged dramatically in the passing last couple of years. it's really a pleasure to see the vision of creating the housing near housing and transit nearby downtown. i get a introduce the ceo to talk about our partnership >> thank you carl.

first and for most i want to thank mayor lee for coming here on all days a day that will go down as a landmark event. we are proud to be doing business here for two decades. we feel very much at the home we've been we would by the business community and we feel we're part of the fabric of this great city. today, we're celebrating two milestones the first is the largest promise for san francisco for residential. we will be conceding a project we build next door at the infinity at the finished a couple years ago.

we're proudly proud to be adding another building. there's another mile stoop we're equally proud of that's the official beginning of our first partnership with wong cook. let me introduce wong cook to those of you who may not be familiar with him. it's the largest real estate company in china and they're the largest residential real estate company in the world last year they sold 1 hundred and 40 units of housing. (clapping). our development represents wong first overseas investment in the university. he and we are exceptionally

proud their choose us to be they're first trusted partner. i think that they're creating a partnership that could set a standard for u.s. and chinese companies kword across all industries. it's now my player to introduce the founder and chairman of wong cook somebody i've gotten to know well, he's one of the most respected men in china and he's a good man. (clapping) thank you.

>> thank you. thanks mayor lee. cantonese and i want to talk freely in english but the limited in english so i - in english. since mayor lee it's a great to be here today to mark the beginning of our first promise

in north america. we're excited to be working with this company. and proud to be part of a economic project san francisco and the bay area is perfect place because it's all about diversity about innovation of the community. all our values they for almost thirty years. is the president for the organization process providing a mile people from northern areas for every year. the construction title will have

phase up people will ask for a better communities and civil societies. it's to learn some art of our zone and to learn for different things. for much more it is special and economical context. not just from the great - from our local communities. we're also here with international past.

they start more of them there's a hundred of them every year. all can be great opportunities for international interests in chinese organization. we looking for to get into partnership and hopefully, this experience will begin to share they'll help us build a better communities for china and for people. thanks (clapping) >> thank you, chairman wong. it's with great pleasure i get to introduce ed lee. i've known ed for a long time. i met him when he had a map on

infinity and he was the chief operating office and find out how to get the map through the process more quibble ed is completely devoted to making this city run smoothly and he as a business professional operating in this town and as i resident raising a family in this town i'm incredibly proud to have him >> welcome to 201 folsom street. pretty soon you're going to say crane 1 and 2 in the heart of those two towers. it's this partnership that truly represents another great solid

foundation for confident building in this city. it's carl what i wanted to side in all my years working for city government especially in the last year's where the economy was hard to deal with bringing back investment conversations especially international confidence in san francisco. i am here that this partnership takes place here and i want to say to dharm wong that pretty soon when the top floors done i've asked permission that we all toast with that floor is done that all of us can view at the top this high-level of

standard of living in san francisco that we have but also celebrate the views that will be the views you you've seen twice on top of mt. everywhere reiterate. it's a pretty special day. and for this to take place in the heart of our city where the hard work of our planning department through john ram and the commission and all of the staff has been working hard to make sure that high quality of housing takes place right at the center where we're building translation walking distances to at&t park. whether it is the walking

distance to the new arena that will be on the waterfront hopefully in a few years. the resident of those two towers stephanie up 42 floors on one and maybe 48 floors and 6 hundred 5 residential units they're going to be snatched up even faster. and if all of you were around in 2009 you would have known from all the real estate observers around the country the infiniti was the one to go so fast so i think that's why we can't wait to be in partnership. the wonderful restaurants and amenities for that living.

it couldn't be done without of the planning of this whole area together. and it will be right down the block from grand central west the place that will be the biggest building west of mississippi where high-speed rail will be there so transportation can bring all of the people from all over california to compliment the style of those two towers arrest i'm looking forward of seeing the design and the architect terry. i'm trying to not miss pronounce that name. but i will say too it's more

meaningful to have partner particle from china. that's meaningful to me it will represent our future in tourism in the enlightened challenge of students and there the leadership will open up a lot of conversations with our businesses and argue resident in china to compliment what's going on in san francisco. i can't wait to see those up and in 2015 will be here how we work with all our agencies the particular reason to the d b i

and the oothsz other agencies to make sure we compliment not only great transportation and neighborhoods this will be so inspiring for the rest of the country. congratulations to the partnership with china and also carl thank you for being such a great partner. you were there when the city was so successful and thank you to our new partners. we're going to continue to roll out those relationships and for china and the u.s. to invest together we make a statement the businesses will have a stronger relationship for all the world to see. thank you very much (clapping) >> thank you, mayor lee. the residents and amenities of

201 folsom street will be warm and modern light filled spaces that show the lights of the city and it's landmarks. it's to be a vibrant community in downtown san francisco where we meet the waterfront. this new community will be called - >> all right. (clapping) in whining a corn stor stone are a foundation stone are a tradition at every new development they're to bring a blessing and good luck and

prosperity. to commemorate that event this foundation stone will be laid on the site (clapping) lumina begins construction and the sales center will be opened in 2014 and we hope to move the first people ♪ this copy choose the project to create lumina. we wanted lumina to work with and compliment infinity which horrify we look forward to him bringing his vision to a new

higher standard in san francisco. it's with great pleasure i get to introduce this gentleman (clapping) >> thank you very much. all of you. when i was asked to do this project i had to always think of my own inaccurate door neighbor that was the first high-rise in san francisco that broke the rectangle of shapes that did hug the streets. i choose to do that when i think of san francisco i think p of the city on the bay where shapes used to come and still come from

all over the world where people sale but it's difficult to do a design for the next generation of a building and that's what i tried to do here because there were some features that made infinity successful the curvature panoramic views along the sweeping kufrz of the neighborhood. that was more romantic picturesque and had formed. in looking at this design we sought to capitalize on those things but still do something that was different. but this building a new one we've designed is instead a series of glass place of

residence that are rotating about the building and as they climb to the top they reach the top to create a crown while the base is a creative rectangle. at the same time each time this creates a corner view that looks out to the skyline and bay of the city. it's important to see where those two towers sit. first their shifted so they don't face each other. there are soft shapes that actually avoid each other and

create a large distance between the towers. they sit on a green roof a new park in the sky that creates a setting that looks down to the park. this poumd that holds this park is surround by additional units that are the more urban units that follow the guy try of the downtown area. and in the center of this new garden there's a multiple level clubhouse imagine around the vertical spice where there's a swooim pool and it's surrounding it and around it are a series of amenity spaces for the resident. light filters from the top of

this garden so it creates a heart of the edge of the residential but still faces the street. so ex-what is it it distinguishes the building. it translates into lots of lights inside the unit. we know that light is a sustainable design. this will allow the buildings p to be light filed and open up the views of san francisco. it is this that makes the name lumina. thank you very much >> thank you. now mayor lee and sherman and the other

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