ann rosenthal and james and jeremy a who has spent the last several months examining the murals and before we applaud them they are the same group that worked on the murals in 1989 we're lucky to have the team that did the painstakingly reorganization and i appreciate the coverage in the media so have the world-class conservation folks working on this restoration let's give ann and the team a hand (clapping) i still mentioned as part of the recreation discovered a that frame in the ceiling you'll notice that for the first time

this is the change in art and it's a great example of that also the suitcase in addition, the murals has full kwefrm it makes the beauty of this murals that tell the history of our city and the roll the artists play and telling the stores of our human shared experience. with that, i want to give a shout out to ar g conservation services they've been an incredible partner around the city this team includes many folks they've all begun above and beyond so thank you so much (clapping) next, i just want to echo what bill said that's an incredible

partnership and incredible player to work with rec and park we have a tall order in the city koirtd is an amazing assets and the rec and park share with us this is a great example of what we do the music and the mothers building and zoo there are amazing you culture assets and to the team in caring for the partnerships and the board of supervisors and mayor to comment capital dollars is absolutely critical so thank you bill and to the board and mayor for this incredible asset to our city (clapping) and because we can't do it alone i want to thank who generously awarded $10 million for the

historic recreation as well as the signage it is new and will help the history behind the with work work are that i want to say bank of america awarded previous entrapments to the historic treasurers around the world. those treasures included the wing vindicate and maenl and determining river and west minister abby this gift helps elevate the treasures to the elevation they deserve particularly today, i want to thank michelle from the bank of america team thank you for helping to raise this private side of the partnership and bringing attention to the

assets. speaking of finance i want to thank heather smith a scholar affiliated with the living deal project for divorcing time for the signage for the first time each mural is accompanied by the window into the past to bring to life heather's word this is the combanlt to bring it to a museum caliber and we are grateful to heather for his work (clapping) so speaking the people who made this possible we have to honor the decendents of the coit tower folks two of whom are depishthd in the mural. ruth over here (clapping) some of you my may know ruth is

depriktd picketed in the library mural >> thank you for being here to celebrate woody allen with us and the son added god at the scene is here and the daughter of otis alongside of hercy in the elevator lobby thank you for you for being here you can read about her in the chronicle and bruce from the puppeteer from seattle thank you for coming down (clapping) over the years i've had the bring to join the arts commission and get to know the incredible works when i was a committing candidate for the job you'll notice the arts commission weakens from a deep sleep it's an honor to work within an incredible team thank you to the arts commission first

our citizen register alison who's been up her daily where's alison thank you including the arts team members jen crane and marcus definite yes, sir. and our director of the art program susan and kate patterson and all the members of the team at the arts commission our developer who worked with bank of america and a tricky the number of our staff thank you for your hard work everyday and two commissioners rebecca and our vice president thank you for your work everyday and i wanted to take a moment to thank another mural i thought i forgot

sorry give me one second. i wanted to note somebody we've lost who couldn't be here unfortunately, we lost ruth's sister an author on the coit tower but in here how were you we celebrate the incredible restoration (clapping) so with that, thank you very much for coming and trying to keep cool and we landmark to welcoming you inside. thank you very much (clapping.) before i introduce the next speaker i want to remind you that the firmer are hosting us in in front of the building i want everybody to go around the corner after we cut the ribbon it's interesting the murals

you'll see the washgs families of san francisco the men and women who built the fabulous city so it's fitting we saved our best for the last a man who was trying to put more jobs in the marketplace and trying to build the sustainable committee our fabulous mayor, mayor ed lee (clapping.) thank you mark for your wonderful work and the rec and park department good afternoon it's great to be here at coit tower i've learned carefully while i'm late an $8 billion contract we've got to spend time to balance it out so i do want to several say thank you from the community representatives to

the artists the mural restorations to rec and park commission staff and the art commission and the wonderful artists who've gathered to honor with lilly hitchcock coit that started to pay contributed to the sacrifices and the city a what it's all about i want to say thank you. again we have another opportunity in june to further that contribute by restoring our water. system with our firefighters and police department we continue to do that with prop a but today is about this wonderful tower i was reminded how everything came together whether the money or artists or the planning with the activists with the blending of a great small business that would operate here and balance that out and try to make sure that

people have an experience with the restoration of the elevators i know it was a relatively easy conversation with the board of supervisors particularly with leader supervisor chiu because i only reminded them of a place to it can our significant others to get hitched my once this became the iconic symbol it was very sees easy to convince everyone you know what i'm talking about coit tower is special because probable one of the most beautiful sightings every convention visitor want to say find out what's happening and with the event we don't want to

distributor the sensitive neighborhood people have made significant environmentalists and honor the balance with a great vendor but also the restoration it is so important. those are historic lieshgdz in the city they mean something to generations of people we have the privilege of reintroducing them to kids and generations of our own when you look at the murals you'll understand what it is that history is delicate and important a remembered of the great depression but the diversity of the west coast and san francisco we need to deliver those stories again and again so it's my privilege to hip of help kickoff the restoration and, of course, celebrating this with a free ride through i love going up the stairs it's a free

elevator ride today, it's a rare opportunity eyes e otherwise it's going to cost you 7 bucks you think today is a wonderful celebration there's so many to celebrate for this landmark and continue to be a landmark and when you're coming from the east side of bay north side or on the water or from our roads along the city you'll be looking at this great coit tower we need to remind people ate a vast community effort that comes into play that's lead by the honoring of coit and the families history but you taller than and honor everyone else a that's made this city a great city now that norman has blessed this places let's cut the ribbon and welcome

everyone to this wonderful restoration thank you for being here today (clapping.) we'll be cutting the ribbon gown down in front and lunch on the other side >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. >> yeah. (clapping) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

>> 7 and a half million renovation is part of the clean and safe neighbor's park fund which was on the ballot four years ago and look at how that public investment has transformed our neighborhood. >> the playground is unique in that it serves a number of age

groups, unlike many of the other properties, it serves small children with the children's play grounds and clubhouses that has basketball courts, it has an outdoor soccer field and so there were a lot of people that came to the table that had their wish list and we did our best to make sure that we kind of divided up spaces and made sure that we kept the old features of the playground but we were able to enhance all of those features. >> the playground and the soccer field and the tennis

fields and it is such a key part of this neighborhood. >> we want kids to be here. we want families to be here and we want people to have athletic opportunities. >> we are given a real responsibility to insure that the public's money is used appropriately and that something really special comes of these projects. we generally have about an opportunity every 50 years to redo these spaces. and it is really, really rewarding to see children and families benefit, you know, from the change of culture, at each one of these properties >> and as a result of, what you see behind us, more kids are playing on our soccer fields than ever before. we have more girls playing sports than we have ever had before. [ applause ] fp >> and we are sending a strong message that san francisco families are welcome and we want you to stay.

>> this park is open. ♪ >> when the new california academy of sciences opened in 2008, it quickly became one of the top tourist magnets in the city. part of the cal academies' astronomical success is the weekly nightlife party. >> i am joined by helen, who is here to school me on all the

nocturnal activities that are getting ready to take place here. tell us a little about what we can expect to see at nightlife. >> we open up the doors every thursday night at the california academy of sciences. there are certain things you can see every week you can go to the museum, visit the planetarium, and we bring in bars and a deejay or band. it is a different feel from during the day, something different every week. tonight , we have beer and music. -- tonight we have great beer and music. it is beer week. we have a dozen local brewers in african hall. we have a deejays to set up throughout the museum and a live performance at 9:00 p.m. tonight. >> what has been your favorite part as a participant or as an observer? >> my favorite part is to walk around the aquarium in to see people with a drink in their hands, getting to know maybe somebody new, may be looking for

a day, or chatting with friends. there jellyfish. i mean, they are beautiful. >> the culmination of the animals. >> it is very impressive. we do not have this at home. >> tell us a little about some of the spider's we see here on display. >> at the california academy of sciences, there is a very large collection of preserved and live specimens, which are the evidence about evolution. we have the assassin spiders, which are spiders that exclusively kill and eat other spiders. they are under the microscope here. research done and the california academy's i rhinology lab suggests that the assassin spiders have been doing this for over 150 million years. this glassed in room is a real

scientific laboratory, and the people in that room are preparing specimens of vertebrate, that is mammals and birds. the way they do this is to remove the skin, sew it together in a relatively lifelike pose, and ensure that it does not decompose. >> i am a really big class actress fan, so i am here to see them, and beer week. >> i wanted to learn something and have fun. >> i always enjoy it. i am not all is well -- always working as i am tonight. sometimes i come to enjoy the music and to dance. ♪ >> culturewire covers the arts in san francisco, and one of my favorite culture artists is here tonight. jason, thank you for being on

culturewire. tell us about some of your posters that we have here today. >> most of the posters here are four specific shows or tours. i am hired by the bands or the venue. >> what is the inspiration behind these posters? >> no, disease of the related to the bay and, of course. music -- it is related to the band, of course the musical content or isn't related to the bed. album covers can come from anywhere. ♪ ♪

>> class actress was great. we have been having so much fun. i did not realize how beautiful the cal academy looks than that. what other events take place here? >> we do corporate events that night on a regular basis. but nightlife is your best bet to come in as a regular person pharmacy the academy at night, and visit with friends. calacademy.org/nightlife. we have details for the next few weeks. you can get tickets online in advance or at the door. >> thank you so much. thank you for watching culturewire on sf gov tv. ♪ >> and we're going here to give a blessing for this beautiful new library i'm here because when i went to high school i

worked asia library payment in the late 60s and early 70s i thank goodness for ms. jackson for hiring me he learned to swim in the local pool. i also do a people's blessings who o so that when i raise my hand and say something repeat it. >> may this new home for learning and inspiration be filed with great vibes of >> (repeated.) >> >> (repeated.) . turbulent >> (repeated.) imagination. >> (repeated.) . expanding horizons >> (repeated.) >> for those who hunger and

this matter may the spirit of peace. >> (repeated.) >> joy. >> (repeated.) >> and wonder bless this new north beach library (clapping) so so much reverend functioning and what a glories day welcome ladies and gentlemen, i'm louis us the city librarian (clapping.) i've had the honor and privilege of doing ribbon cuttings for the 24 libraries it never gets old it's fantastic is we're here to celebrate the grand opening of a new icon in the north beach neighborhood it represents the end of the largest capital improvement program in the history of the city 24 libraries

every library is seismic safe we have ada access and staiks libraries for every neighborhood in our city (clapping) isn't that fantastic really a testament to all of you we're here to celebrate the last one and best one of the lot (clapping) absolutely. >> how appropriate is it this is mother's day weekend abused happy mother's day but beyond that this is the mother of all projects (laughter). >> (clapping) literally this is the capital to all the amazing projects you have a special library i know we're going to have a program it's important to acknowledge folks i can he can recall wait for you to experience it is 60 percent larger which means for

this amazing neighborhood to have literature history where else than here lawrence and jack absolutely (clapping) 60 percent more space means you'll have spaces for children to minimum as the reverend said to be inspired the future scientists and perhaps the future engineers and librarians maybe the future mayors come out of north beach because their inspired that from our lib. that has a teen space and an amazing living area on this side where everywhere you look you'll see coit tower or the cable cars the st. peter and paul.

thank you marking for your vision of (clapping) giving you truly an amazing building so if you may have read the article from john king that talked about the public spaces being magic and all the other sense of the public is that a being engaged so her vision and that of her team is making a difference. but it also is is a play that's staishg more technology. we used to have 6 public terminals for access to technology and you'll have 22 wifi and the first library connected to the cities fiberoptics network so board band and transmit anything you

want that are as the afternoon unfolds he'll hear more and more but we'll start by thanking the community all of you for your patience and per southerners of making this a reality i didn't want to settlement for a modified expansion you knew from generations to come you would get an iconic building give yourselves a applause >> you wanted to vision for a civic plaza and the plagued that's going to be realized that's a civic plaza so thank you. again. the community was a key partner it goes without saying the city family comes together to deliver on a promise i'll happy to a work with an unanimously team of

individuals that needs to be recognized the team i'd like to start with our chief of branches ed back here (clapping) elsie wong she's helped us what designed of quite a few of the libraries (clapping) from the dpw side our michelle our project manager where's michelle lee. julia back there doing fabulous work and ed lopez they've come together and worked beautifully to make this happen. i want to recognize the folks that are going to be delivering excellent customer public service to all of they deserve our recognition our management robert carlson and eric the librarian there you go eric the

great support staff and shawn lynn and jason lee and he betty lee (clapping) let's hear it for them folks. okay. so now without further ado, it's my pleasure to introduce mayor ed lee he's hand print has been in the program throughout the entire had 14 years since 2000 when he was the director of public works and as mayor he's give us unwavering port to make sure we come to the final full time so thank you mayor ed lee (clapping.) thank you lou yes, sir. and thank you for the librarian the wonderful job he's doing (clapping)