mr. alfred? mr. alfred has left the room. seeing no one else, we'll close public comment. back to the commission. you almost missed public comment but we'll reopen for you. >> i apologize for that. my name is joe alfred. i grew up in virginia. it took me 18 years to escape there. i didn't like their conservative culture and i went to stanford and then law school. it's my understanding it's the purpose of this commission to preserve the historic values of our community. i have been seeing these values being degraded by these twitter folks for some time. they have kicked our neighbors, my neighbors out of the community and rub salt in the wounds and we have to listen to the

construction all day long. to give an example, today is a gorgeous day. you can see the sky, the nice blue sky. when i lived in new york city you couldn't see the sky. there was much too development. all you can see is the skyscrapers. what's beautiful with san francisco is you have mostly 2 and 3 story flats and you can see the sky. we have a beautiful building and twitter wants to come in and degrade that beautiful historic building. it's an example of what they have done to our culture. they are welcome to live in san francisco but they are not welcome to follow us around and take away the community that i have now made my own. san francisco is our home and our home is not for sale. i urge you to reject this project. >> thank you. we'll now close public comment and bring it back to

the commission. >> i wanted to mention that we saw this at the arc and very proud of the design. despite the public comment. it's appropriate. the street is abandoned and now owned by the property owners. so it is not a sky bridge over public property. i want to compliment mr. mottola and staff for a very interesting unique and very challenging to figure out all the intricacies of this. i know how difficult it is. i want to see this built. i wanted to express my appreciation for the project. >> i know the building well and there is no architectural value on that back

end at the furniture mart. it's not a vertical addition. it's set so far back and you will probably never notice it. i'm in support of the project. >> any other comments? do i have a motion? >> yes, i move to approve the project with the conditions. >> second. thank you, commissioners. on that motion to approve the procession with conditions as submitted and amended by staff. commissioner haas, commissioner johnck, highland, wolfram, yes. >> that motion passes. next item. consideration for landmark

designation. 2011-0685 l 171 san marcos. >> good afternoon, department staff. i'm here to present department recommendation for the cowell house located at 171 san marks avenue. it was set at the landmark designation. it's known as the cowell house with the association with henry cow an ult era modern pianist through the 1930s. cowell's association with the house which was commissioned by his step mother olive cowell is reflected in the

design with a living room designed to the acoustics for the many performances there. it's a single model single family home constructed in san francisco and the architect of morrow and was a pioneering female architect. it's the most influential collaboration. >> excuse me. could we have that device turned off. >> is there a phone in the room. they are probably looking for it. maybe they are calling themselves. >> it's in their purse. no? thanks, tina.

>> the cowell house designs present that established significance were established from 1923-1936 and can be found in the landmark the

department recommends initiation. >> this concludes my presentation. i'm happy to answer any questions. >> are there any questions? commissioner johnck? >> i would recommend we receive

this information. >> it's already in there. >> all of cowell, the woman who commissioned the house, she's an interesting person but we don't think rises to the level of prmb. the housing with was significant. she was a founder and that was more linked close to her life. whereas mr. cowell was with the association some of the other points are addressed in the landmark designation reports. >> thank you for that clarification. >> are there any other questions? seeing none, we'll open public comment on