and ask ourselves what we are doing here in this space it promulgate our history so we're going to take a little moment of time and silence in this silence i want you to think back to your times of joy what this intersection means to you and bring joy to the space and at the end of the silence i'm going to ask you as a community what do we leave for us after us and yell joy so we're going to take 7 seconds one second for each game of the world series even though those games lasted for days so come together and focus on this intersection and focus on new and the future and what we've been here

(silence). >> what do we leave here ♪ intersection for those who come in the future >> joy. >> well, the giants one i know you can do better. >> what do we leave in the intersection for all two come. >> joy. >> what do we leave in this intersection now. >> joy. >> joy be with all of you thank you (clapping) and who's walking off the stage joy. >> i think we're not happy enough i have psychiatristing abilities i feel confusion yes. the sidewalk they have edema

view it gets brighter it takes time this took time this took time was it worth it. >> yeah. >> and the castro is worth it in of the money yes. it was our money but b think about the businesses that really, really went through the hard times i feel like we should go up and down the street and spend money we have the opening and let's support the castro especially tonight everything drink eat and be merry all right. >> few things make me happier then the men's gay chorus i at north of the theatre right the auditorium so that there is at

the north auditorium on the 15 and the princess concert oh, what stated as one concert they said more and more so 5 o'clock then 57 and 7 and 9 the castro theatre that's december 24th. >> (clapping) >> i wish there were here off they're here they're to sing there's one thousand of them they're going to be credible i'm not going to be talking but how many of you have been in the courts for less than 2 years. >> how many people have about in the court for more than 10 years it was fun but didn't do

much they're to sing two songs one in you don't like it no two whether or not you like it under the direction of timothy let's hear it for the gay men's of san francisco. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ that ♪ ♪ ♪ >> if you were gay that would a be okay i mean go hey i like you anyway because you meet - i would feel free that was was gay but i'm not gay

if you were queer i would still be here year after year because your dear to me and i know that you would attest too if i told you to hey guess what i'm gay i'm happy to be with you if were welcome what you do in bed with - if upper straight i shall shout had your ray at you i would get

in our way you can count on me to also be beside you ever way to tell you it's okay. you were just born that way and as they say it's your dna you're gay if you were gay (clapping) ♪ ♪ ♪ in thursday night at the castro i am already if i get to the break of dawn

thursday night at the castro i know one night on the floor something - i want more go to the castro i'm going to go to the castro i'm going to go to the castro to the castro that's where i want to go at the castro i enjoy the castro you're going to go and go i want to go to the castro i want to go to the castro i want to go to the castro clap i want to go to the castro i want to go to the castro

in san francisco a gay man in the castro thursday night at the weekend gave me i'm already if i can do it - thursday night at the castro i won't - someplace hey, i have to confess i want more thursday night thursday night thursday night thursday night thursday night thursday night (clapping.) wow. the san francisco gay man's chorus let's hear it for them they know how to light a fuse their handsome the second

song was hard to believe i'm not gay i didn't fool us but i look out here and see the people that love the castro and want to celebrate you're welcome to come starting with the what are we're going to do do it as part of the community and not an invasion already the san francisco giants something happened this week you look like yourself you've been out the san francisco one the world series (clapping.) i love them it's not because they have to sing the national anthem in 2010 but, yeah they broke all reports i love them for that and it, it's a secure day in san francisco they've done charities for the san franciscans let's hear it for

the san francisco giants (clapping) >> plus one person came out of emphasis jacket they said to me well don you're doing a lovely thing it's not on the schedule i'm going to do it anyway urge you to sing with me this is the basic the national anthem but people excuse me. you know stealing my thunder it is something you have to realize a sink along only when i tell you so i'm going to sing this little versus ahead of time and then i'm going to go and we'll all sing together can you do that what about you, you're not doing that >> hurrying pick a note you have to do that in the national

anthem too when all the world is a great big jump and the rain drops tumble all around and then opens the magic lane when all the clouds dark and up the sideways interests a robin rainbow to be fined leading from our windowpane to a point beyond the sun on the rain somewhere over the rainbow way up high sing out lewis there's a - place up high somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue

and the dreams that you dare to dream really do colonel true some day i'll wish upon a stair and wish what clouds are behind me where trouble felt like lemon drops away above the chimney drops that's where you'll find me somewhere over the rainbow blue birds fly if birds fly over the rainbow then why oh, why think can't i if just drop out for a minute if happy this blue birds fly beyond the rainbow why oh,

why everybody can't i. >> (repeated.) (clapping) thank you oh, i feel like judy garland with a cold oh, i love seeing you all out there i think i know every face out under what's our first name i'll know you by the end of the night there's one man we're thanking a lot this man is getting a lot of press he got things rolling and made it finish so let's give him credit and put other things aside can you concentrate here we have this fabulous improved ass electro because supervisor scott wiener

(clapping.) thank you, don so let's hear it for don that in a before we bring the next speakers up i want to thank first of all, this buell beautiful rainbow ribbon we're going to cut was a maid by that the ribbon zircon the 4r6b9 community betsycy ross and thank audrey and john wood for putting together this program and for bringing up this to our community i want to thank a project like this doesn't happen we have a major city department and city staff that have worked very, very hard to make this happen including the department of public works and john dennis

our project manager so thank you to the dpw team and our planning department, our director of planning director ram and rick that helped to bring this and the mta we had to move the overhead wires but edward reiskin from the mta made that happen and the contractor we're appreciative for the work that the dba lot brothers did and finally before i bring up the next speaker i want to acknowledge several of my 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 folks get off my stage matt are you ready now okay. we're going to have wonderful music please welcome matt

(clapping.) >> hello people ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ what's going on san francisco hey, i'm here are you ready to distance with me i like or romantic songs now here you go again, you say you need a friend well, who am i to keep you down it's only- to wrap around our finger have you any dreams you'd like to sell dreams of loneliness heart beats and still

it's rumbling oh, what you are and what you have oh, what you love come on you guys want to sing oh, thunder only