colleagues are here the folks that funded the project but the board of supervisors appropriated the money to make this project happen so two of my colleagues are here the president of the board of supervisors david chiu and my colleague supervisor campos so thank you, colleagues for being here tonight. >> so with that, we're at mayor ed lee will be here support shortly i want to thank when i pass the bond i went into the mayor's office i want our support and he immediately said, yes so i want to thank mayor ed lee for emphasis support he'll be here shortly i want to bring up two amazing people the director of public works mohammed nuru and one of any predecessors the great mark len

so no come on up mohammed. >> good evening are you all excited as i am. >> yes. >> i'm excited i remember many, many years ago all the discussions that we were having and what we could do for the castro and year and a half ago we went to many meetings down the street do you remember that all your idea and all that was brought into the plan that made today happen both situations you remember what they used to feel like how do you like them now? all right. we have trees out there and plays and nice lights all a the overhead lights have been changed this is the first

of many projects that will be done around the city we started here because this is the area that was the most important i'm very, very very happy and excited to be part of this project there are also many things that are happening within city government under the leadership of our mayor we're going to make sure we get the projects and we've heard from the supervisor wiener and the planning commission and public works and puc and rec and park we all work together to make sure we can deliver those amenities to you a few people i want to thank very special people that worked on the project our contractor railings who worked all the way to get us to this point and we still have further to go but i want to thank the businesses themselves just being patient with the construction happening

and a lot of the impacts that effect all the businesses so you know please a big hand to all did businesses for the patience with us (clapping) for the project team our city engineering is here under foreclosed and john thomas they lead the implementation of the project we also have john dennis and everybody know john dennis he was here everyday making sure we put our heads together to get this implemented and michelle and ashley i saw ashley just making sure things were happening and dean smith and alex part of the public works team that made this happen and finally i'm excited as well let's get the rest of our citywideer sidewalks and easier

to walk around san francisco thank you very much thank you, thank you (clapping) >> hey one more time let's hear it for mohammed nuru the department of public works and the planning department, (clapping.) mayor ed lee who is behind this from day one and, of course, this wouldn't have happened without supervisor scott wiener thank you scott (clapping.) and let me i'd like to take full credit but all those other folks we're here to say thank you and say on a extra special thank you to those who put out the most and surviving the most this is the merchant of the streets they were lost a lot of business and foot traffic and not easy on the neighbors but thank you merchants for opening your doors

every day you know each day you have to start up again and it can be interpreting to see how difficult it is getting the customers in the doors while construction is going on things are looking brighter and let finish i'm sure you've been to the jewish wedding there's breathing breaking of glasses but in times of joyfully celebration we break the glass to remind ourselves the word is broken and suffering i know that supervisor wiener knows this our job is not complete until we found a way to make sure the castro is affordable for as many people as possible thank you for coming out tonight and

supervisor wiener our dedication and tenacity and to the beautiful, beautiful community tonight thank you (clapping). >> thank you senator mark leno and now the mayor has arrived and mr. mayor i told the crowd before, after, the bond passed i came to our office and said i want to fund the bond and we're deeply appreciative let's hear it for our mayor, mayor ed lee. >> i want to thank you you 0 hours everybody hostiles the world series? >> all right. well i want to just say introduce you to another lee name lee is final lee final lee we got this done and there's a lot of thanks to go around

you've heard in mohammed at dpw and now from the puc and the mta and certainly supervisor wiener advocacy is very, very strong and senator mark leno said it right this is an historic street we've got to take care of it and improved it and find the street to be one of the most beautiful streets in san francisco as it deserves yes (clapping) i just saw keith jones thank you, thank you very much for your historic lifetime leadership lee jones thank you, very much. he's getting the scissors ready (clapping.) you know supervisor wiener and i have been working a lot and i want to make sure you know that 8 point that $3 million that we just spent while we can do things faster we wouldn't be

able to do my of it without your help those bonds are available to the city we need to pass those bonds and the honor that we will place to you ever we get those bonds transportation bonds our responsibility is to spend it ate and get it done to go on to the next thing; right? and yeah. >> our beautiful street and invest in our city and in castro it's about our history you'll have great fun not only tomorrow but every day of every year we get to celebrate you'll find me down here bye my hot cookies and doing my breakfasts detain here this is one of the most wonderful neighborhood investments we could make all over the city we're investing in our neighborhoods making the city stronger and bringing

people cogent and conquer the need for more affordable housing and better transportation and stop evictions and slow down the eviction and build for 55 laguna how about that more housing for our residents thank you to the cd and the castro merchants association they're so painter and you'll see my dollars spent down here i join i all to great city this world-class neighborhood of castro street thank you very much let's all celebrate (clapping.) yeah. >> okay. now we're going to cut gilbert bakers beautiful ribbon i want to welcome a few additional people lee jones, of course, and the city fester naomi keeling and john ram and

this is the guy i've talked about nick who helped us to the design process and john dennis our dpw project manager and thank you, welcome to the neighborhood those are part of our community so lee i want to cut the ribbon. >> i want to send love from gilbert baker he lives in new york i called him and said we need a ribbon she got out her ribbon and sued all weekend long and get it to use it was gilbert's idea to make the robin rainbow the symbol of our movement so he's in new york and as the supervisor do the honors and cut it on the seam

(laughter.) >> (clapping) >> yeah. (clapping) yeah. (clapping) well, i live in n this neighborhood i'm so glad this is over oh, my god what a mess okay

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>> you're watching quick bite, the show that has san francisco. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we're here at one of the many food centric districts of san francisco, the 18th street corridor which locals have affectionately dubbed the castro. a cross between castro and gastronomic. the bakery, pizza, and dolores park cafe, there is no end in sight for the mouth watering food options here. adding to the culinary delights is the family of business he which includes skylight creamery, skylight and the 18

raisin. >> skylight market has been here since 1940. it's been in the family since 1964. his father and uncle bought the market and ran it through sam taking it over in 1998. at that point sam revamped the market. he installed a kitchen in the center of the market and really made it a place where chefs look forward to come. he created community through food. so, we designed our community as having three parts we like to draw as a triangle where it's comprised of our producers that make the food, our staff, those who sell it, and our guests who come and buy and eat the food. and we really feel that we wouldn't exist if it weren't for all three of those components who really support each other. and that's kind of what we work

towards every day. >> valley creamery was opened in 2006. the two pastry chefs who started it, chris hoover and walker who is sam's wife, supplied all the pastries and bakeries for the market. they found a space on the block to do that and the ice cream kind of came as an afterthought. they realized the desire for ice cream and we now have lines around the corner. so, that's been a huge success. in 2008, sam started 18 reasons, which is our community and event space where we do five events a week all around the idea of bringling people closer to where the food comes from and closer to each other in that process. >> 18 reasons was started almost four years ago as an educational arm of their work. and we would have dinners and a few classes and we understood there what momentum that people wanted this type of engagement and education in a way that

allowed for a more in-depth conversation. we grew and now we offer -- i think we had nine, we have a series where adults learned home cooking and we did a teacher training workshop where san francisco unified public school teachers came and learned to use cooking for the core standards. we range all over the place. we really want everyone to feel like they can be included in the conversation. a lot of organizations i think which say we're going to teach cooking or we're going to teach gardening, or we're going to get in the policy side of the food from conversation. we say all of that is connected and we want to provide a place that feels really community oriented where you can be interested in multiple of those things or one of those things and have an entree point to meet people. we want to build community and we're using food as a means to that end. >> we have a wonderful organization to be involved with obviously coming from buy

right where really everyone is treated very much like family. coming into 18 reasons which even more community focused is such a treat. we have these events in the evening and we really try and bring people together. people come in in groups, meet friends that they didn't even know they had before. our whole set up is focused on communal table. you can sit across from someone and start a conversation. we're excited about that. >> i never worked in catering or food service before. it's been really fun learning about where things are coming from, where things are served from. >> it is getting really popular. she's a wonderful teacher and i think it is a perfect match for us. it is not about home cooking. it's really about how to facilitate your ease in the kitchen so you can just cook. >> i have always loved eating food. for me, i love that it brings me into contact with so many wonderful people. ultimately all of my work that i do intersects at the place where food and community is.

classes or cooking dinner for someone or writing about food. it always come down to empowering people and giving them a wonderful experience. empower their want to be around people and all the values and reasons the commitment, community and places, we're offering a whole spectrum of offerings and other really wide range of places to show that good food is not only for wealthy people and they are super committed to accessibility and to giving people a glimpse of the beauty that really is available to all of us that sometimes we forget in our day to day running around. >> we have such a philosophical mission around bringing people together around food. it's so natural for me to come here. >> we want them to walk away

feeling like they have the tools to make change in their lives. whether that change is voting on an issue in a way that they will really confident about, or that change is how to understand why it is important to support our small farmers. each class has a different purpose, but what we hope is that when people leave here they understand how to achieve that goal and feel that they have the resources necessary to do that. >> are you inspired? maybe you want to learn how to have a patch in your backyard or cook better with fresh ingredients . or grab a quick bite with organic goodies. find out more about 18 reasons by going to 18 reasons.org and learn about buy right market and creamery by going to buy right market.com. and don't forget to check out our blog for more info on many of our episodes at sf quick bites.com. until next time, may the fork

be with you. ♪ ♪ >> so chocolaty. mm. ♪ >> oh, this is awesome. oh, sorry. i thought we were done rolling. ♪

>> just a few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of san francisco's our community to the meridian gallery has a 20-year history of supporting visual arts. experimental music concert, and also readings. >> give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. and lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter]

>> meridians' stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. >> it gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. >> it is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount a show at meridian. >> you want to feel like your work this summer that it can do some good. i felt like at meridian, it could do some good. we did not even talk about price until the day before the show. of course, meridian needs to support itself and support the community. but that was not the first consideration, so that made me very happy. >> his work is printed porcelain. he transfers images onto and

spoils the surface a fragile shes of clay. each one, only one-tenth of an inch thick. >> it took about two years to get it down. i would say i lose 30% of the pieces that i made. something happens to them. they cracked, the break during the process. it is very complex. they fall apart. but it is worth it to me. there are photographs i took 1 hours 99 the former soviet union. these are blown up to a gigantic images. they lose resolution. i do not mind that, because my images are about the images, but they're also about the idea, which is why there is text all over the entire surface. >> marie in moved into the mansion on powell street just five years ago. its galleries are housed in one of the very rare single family residences around union square. for the 100th anniversary of the mansion, meridian hosted a series of special events, including a world premiere

reading by lawrence ferlinghetti. >> the birth of an american corporate fascism, the next to last free states radio, the next-to-last independent newspaper raising hell, the next-to-last independent bookstore with a mind of its own, the next to last leftie looking for obama nirvana. [laughter] the first day of the wall street occupation set forth upon this continent a new revolutionary nation. [applause] >> in addition to its own programming as -- of artist talks, meridian has been a downtown host for san francisco states well-known port trees center.

recent luminaries have included david meltzer, steve dixon, and jack hirsch man. >> you can black as out of the press, blog and arrest us, tear gas, mace, and shoot us, as we know very well, you will, but this time we're not turning back. we know you are finished. desperate, near the end. hysterical in your flabbergastlyness. amen. >> after the readings, the crowd headed to a reception upstairs by wandering through the other gallery rooms in the historic home. the third floor is not usually reserved for just parties, however. it is the stage for live performances. ♪

under the guidance of musical curators, these three, meridian has maintained a strong commitment to new music, compositions that are innovative, experimental, and sometimes challenging. sound art is an artistic and event that usually receives short shrift from most galleries because san francisco is musicians have responded by showing strong support for the programming. ♪ looking into meridian's future, she says she wants to keep doing the same thing that she has been doing since 1989. to enlighten and disturbed. >> i really believe that all the arts have a serious function

and that it helps us find out who we are in a much wider sense than we were before we experienced that work of art. ♪

ll this meeting of the historic preservation commission to order. . >> welcome to the san francisco histosfoerk preservation commission meeting to order. i would like to remind members of the audience the xwhition does not tolerate any disruption of any kind. please silence any mobile dwietions that might sound during the meeting. please speak before the commission. i'd like to take roll. commission hasz, here. commission johnck, here. commissioner john, here. and commissioner matsuda. here. members of the public may address the commission on items of interest that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except for agenda items. with respect to agenda items your opportunity to speak will be afforded when the