this is nearly fully leased. with over 20 restaurants as the mayor has mentioned, with retailers and other offerings. as construction is under way, they will all remain open. so please come and continue to enjoy them. the new city to open in september 2011, after brief refurbishment, and the first floor, including the new dining terrace, will open in the first quarter of 2012. target is looking to open in the second half of 2012. to reach this milestone took a lot of hard work, by many, many people. and a healthy dose of imagination. we are thrilled about getting started, and continuing to contribute to the vitality of

this neighborhood, and the city of san francisco. thank you for being here today. >> i have a 10 year-old and a 12 year-old, and we like to shop at target. it will be wonderful not have to drive art -- across the bridge to do this. this cannot come fast enough. thank you. >> thank you, so much. thank you, mayor, and the partners for having us here today. it has been so gratifying this morning, hearing the genuine enthusiasm from so many of you about the opening of one of the first targets. i want to tell you about the new concept. we have 1700 stores in communities across the country. we have 46 in the bay area.

what is excited about the direction we're headed is that more than ever, they recognize that one size does not fit all. they taylor store design, product assortment and local ownership for the communities. we tailor these stores to the location. as many of you have heard, in the next few years, we will open a smaller format in handful of densely populated urban areas like san francisco. urban residents are already guests who have to travel to suburban stores to shop, which is not always easy. we are trying to use existing urban infrastructure to reach these tests. this stohr record -- perfectly

exemplifies this concept. approximately 135,000 square feet, this has most of the things that make this what is, but with the san francisco guests in mind. we will include the everyday items, and include the unique offerings for city dwellers. the busy suburbanite's working downtown will appreciate a clean and safe store that they trust to purchase diapers and purchase items for the meal on the way home from work. this target will include the expanded selection of fresh foods, including dairy products, and meat. the opening is still scheduled for october 2012, they are working hard to make certain that we meet the high expectations.

this has large expenses of clear windows overlooking the park. this is with the redevelopment agency, and the south of market employment center, to prioritize hiring local team members. it ought we expect higher 200 team members and the hiring process will begin six to eight months before opening. we are committed to being a good neighbor in the communities where we serve. last october, we sponsored family day, featuring performance by the circus and free admission to several neighborhood museums. we will sponsor a couple of free concerts in may and july. thank you to the fellow speakers for allowing me to share some of the plans. i cannot overemphasize how happy that we are to join the san francisco community and we look forward to having more details in the future. thank you.

>> this has been mentioned. the project area formed in 1966, this is the premier cultural convention and shopping district. blackwell has not been a director since 1956 but deserves much of the credit for the success. let me welcome from blackwell. >> thank you for mentioning this but i have not been around that long. i would like to be brief but i also have quite a bit to share with all of you. i am the community development person, and it is hard for me to stand up here without telling you the story of how we got here. before i do this, i want to say, i want to abolish some of the people in the room who have been

here, who have actually seen the evolution of this project area before their own eyes. we have the commissioners here, they are here in the front row. commissioner king has been a commissioner at the redevelopment agency since 1980, which means that he has seen the transformation of this community firsthand. in addition to the commissioners, there are also people in the room who have seen this from the beginning to the end as well. i see that john is here in the room. he has been a community member in this area, and it is exciting up only to see the kinds of things happen today, but also fighting to make certain that the people living in this area, when this was established, have the chance to benefit from the investment that had occurred here. this is an area that is one of

the earliest redevelopment project areas established in the state. along with the western addition. early on, the story was one of urban renewal, where the paradigm for community development was to raise the land and clear this out, and start over with a new palette. 20 years ago or 30 years ago, if you stood out on the patio, what you would see is basically a parking lot. you would see a lot of land in close to downtown that had not been developed. because of the hard work of the commissioners, and the hard work of the agency's staff including people like kathy here in the front, because of the hard work of community members and members of the city family, now what you will see out the window is a cultural district, an

entertainment district, a shopping district, and a place where visitors come from all over the world, the convention area. this is the product of decades of hard work, patience and diligence on the part of many people. one thing i want to say that is very important is that, this building will actually be an incredible contributor to the kind of final piece of the transformation of yurba buena. they will change the buildings of this is facing mission street and inviting people into the very important things to do. this will contribute to the community. and the admission of target is a wonderful time -- addition. i cannot tell you the people who are excited about this project. i want to finish by saying, thank you to anthony and westfield, thank you to target

for giving me some legitimacy and credibility with my grandmother. i have tried to explain to her what i do on a daily basis. i talk about the infrastructure and affordable housing, but not until i said that target was coming to san francisco did she think that i was actually doing something when i went to work every day. so, thank you. [applause] >> thank you all. i would like to invite the speakers to get a hardhat, goggles, and a mallet, and join us by this post. >> one, two, three. [applause]

>> welcome to culture wire. we will look at the latest and greatest public art project. recently, the airport unveiled the new state of the art terminal. let's take a look. the new terminal service and american airlines and virgin america was designed by a world- renowned architecture's firm. originally built in 1954, the building underwent massive renovation to become the first registered terminal and one of the must modern and sustainable terminals and the united states.

the public art program continues its 30-year legacy of integrating art into the airport environment with the addition of five new commissions that are as bold and dynamic as the new building. >> this project was completed in record time, and we were able to integrate the artist's early enough in the process that they could work with the architect said that the work that is completed is the work that really helps complement and instill the space as opposed to being tucked away in a corner. >> be experience begins with the glass facades that was designed with over 120 laminated glass panels. it captures the experience of being under or over clouds when flying in a plane. depending on the distance or point of view, it can appear clear for more abstract and

atmospheric. the subtle colors change gradually depending on the light and the time of day. >> i wanted to create an art work that looks over time as well as working on in the first glance. the first time you come here, you may not see a. but you may be able to see one side over the other. it features a couple of suspended sculptures. each was created out of a series of flat plains run parallel to each other and constructed of steel tubing. >> it is made up of these strata. as the light starts to shift, there is a real sense that there is a dynamism. >> it gives the illusion that this cultures might be fragments

of a larger, mysterious mass. >> the environmental artwork livens it with color, light, and the movement. three large woven soldiers are suspended. these are activated by custom air flow program. >> i channeled air flow into each of these forms that makes it move ever so slightly. and it is beating like a heart. if-0 when as of the forces of nature moving around us every second. >> shadow patterns reflect the shapes of the hanging sculptures. the new terminal also features a children's play areas.

both of the market the exploratory n.y. -- exploratorium. the offer travelers of all ages a playful oasis. using high quality plywood, they created henches shaped like a bird wings that double as musical instruments. serving as a backdrop is a mural featuring images of local birds and san francisco's famous skyline. >> in the line between that is so natural, you can see birds and be in complete wilderness. i really like that about this. you could maybe get a little snapshot of what they are expecting. >> it is an interactive, keck

sculpture that is interacted with by the visitor. >> they are a lot about and they fall down the belt. it moves the belt up, and if you turn that faster, the butterflies fall in the move of words. >> the art reflect the commission's commitment to acquiring the best work from the bay area and beyond. in addition to the five new commissions, 20 artworks that were already in the airport collection were reinstalled. some of which were historically cited in the terminal. it includes major sculptures by the international artists. as a collection, these art works tell the story of the vibrant arts scene in the early 1960's through the mid-1980s's.

the illustrate san francisco's cultural center and a place of innovation that is recognized and the love throughout the world. one of the highlights is a series of three left tapestries. they are on view after being in storage for 20 years. these tapestries representing various gardens. from his years of living in san francisco. hydrangeas, chrysanthemums, and whilst dahlias in rich, deep shades as they make their way to the baggage area. they can access behind-the- scenes information and interviews with the artist through an audio to work. it features archival audio as well as interviews with living artists.

he can be accessed on site by dialing the telephone numbers located near the artwork or by visiting the commission's web site. the public art speaks volumes of san francisco as a world-class city with world-class art and culture. for more information, visit >> welcome to "culture wire." on this episode, we explore what it means to the aged, in today's society -- what it means to be

chicana in today's society. chica chic features an array of artwork by five leading chicana artists that addresses a range of issues such as integration, sustainability, and integration. using a distinct visual approach, each of the artist's response to the shifting needs of their communities in ways that offer unique perspectives and multiple points of entry. >> the exhibition is to bring together the voices of a new generation chicana artists, all of whom reference the works of the civil-rights movement in their works, but they are also responding to a new cultural concerns and new cultural circumstances. >> the works in the show include a large canvas depicting a woman washing the beach with her

hair at the u.s./mexican border. the painting encourages the viewer to engage with the current debates over immigration and the politics of women and labor. influenced by the campaigns of the chicano civil rights movement, this oakland artist is a print maker whose work has helped and sustainability with the immigrant community as well as other current sociopolitical issues. this print-based work draws on appropriated agricultural worker manuals and high fashion labels to satirically address class issues, cultural identities, and consumerism. >> angelica -- her father was an agricultural worker, so she has drawn a lot from the materials the agricultural department sends to agricultural workers, referencing the depiction of farm workers and some of the information about pesticide

application. >> mitzi combines a variety of media, including embroidery, to create artifacts of mexican, chicano, pop culture. she greets immensely detailed drawings of celebrities on the same platform of her friends and families. her work combines elements of chicano portraiture and low writer art, rendered in upon new art style, or intricate drawings on handkerchiefs, also -- often associated with prison art. her portrait of three girls is among several of original posters by the exhibition artists, which are on view at various bart stations as part of a public campaign funded by the national endowment of the arts. from the outset, the curator felt it was important for the exhibition to have a public art components of the work could reach the widest possible audience. more than just a promotion, the

posters connect the work of these powerful artists with new audiences, including the vital chicano and latino community. images can be found in bart stations located in san for cisco and oakland. >> it is enormously exciting for me personally and for the institution. the poster with up right after new year's, and i remember very vividly -- i am a regular rider, and i went into the station and saw the first poster i had seen, it was incredibly exciting. it is satisfying to know that through the campaign, we are reaching a broader audience. >> for more information about

>> welcome to "culture wire." today we're headed to smpling

f. camera works, a premiere venue for artists working in photographer, video, and digital media. the latest exhibition lists clearness as a set of political alliances and possibilities that it is behind the sphere of dominant gay and lesbian culture. the curator fills us in on the process of creating this thoughtful exhibition. and what she would like you to take away from it. >> i co-cureated with danny, a chicago-based writer and curator. the conceptual framework is what it means to be clear and radical for our generation. clearness as a set of political alliances and possibilities, not necessarily related to institutions of gender and swam formativity.

danny and i wanted the show to feel funky and to have a really tangible quality to it. so part of that was incorporated handmade objects and installations and beautifully printed photographs and videos. there is also a lot of opportunities to participate and to take postcards or to get the photo taken or sit within a tent made out of afghan blankets to watch videos. the exhibition is organized in three distinct galleries. in gallery one, which is the gallery designated to clear activism, there is an installation by the oakland-based collaboration and it's called "unleashed power." it's all focused on one protest that happened in chicago in 1991 with the activist

organization act up, which was protesting the inadequate health care for people living in aids, and specifically it focuses on an act of police violence that occurred at that protest. the thing that is really interesting for me about that piece is that it brings us back 20 years to what clear activism looked like at the height of the aids crisis. gallery two features work that is related to intentionally communities that exist both within cities, also in rural spaces, and transient communities as well. the return features a no madic clear tribe, the people who join this tribe are often in various states of transition themselves, whether it's leaving behind previous gender assignments or corporate jobs or a life within cities.

a lot of the work featured in the exhibition and a lot of the installations are handmade objects. there is a lot of do-it-yourself aesthetic and that handmade do-it-yourself feeling is something that mimics the idea and the reality of the alternative world making that we're trying to represent here as far as the self-sufficient community goes. gallery three features work that relates to the ideas of self-determinenism, alternative world making and utopia. visits can still participate in this -- visitors can still participate in this project. during the opening, we invite visitors to come in and try on these costumes, pose in front of the backdrop.

he was really inspired by comic books that he read as growing up and thinks of this space as a post-apocalyptic monster portrait gallery where people can remain genderless once they put on the costumes. we think it's important that this be happening in san francisco, which is considered an ekpe center of the queer actual cure. the majority of the queer cultural events happen in june which has been designated as the pride month. which to me translates as the period of time in which people can be in clear arts and culture. in september, it's hashingening back to that and proving that this is something that is scon significantly happening all the time. what danny and i hope visitors take away from this exhibition

is to observe the diversity within the designation of queer in terms of race, in terms of gender presentation and intergenerational perspective of what it means to be queer as well as what it means to exist and be active and work in solidarity with people whose identities may or may not look like yours.