you are watching san francisco rising. thanks for watching. >> good afternoon, hello. welcome to the ferry building's birthday, yoo hoo! what great weather we have to celebrate. i'm elaine executive director of the port of san francisco and i have the distinct honor of opening up this grand celebration. as the executive director of the port, my team and i have the awesome responsibility of 7 and a half miles of water front

and it includes this they majestic building. i want to thank the people who put this together, lillian and justin of my group. thank you people behind the scenes who made it happen. [applause] we've got some very special people here today to make this celebration very grand. we have our mayor, mayor london breed, who will speak shortly and we have supervisor peskin and also, thank you, and also we have commissioner ed herrington joining us today. thank you ed herrington. so it was exactly in 1898 when the first vessel arrived here, opening the newly fashion pier and opening an era of prosperity and diversity for our city. for nearly 40 years, it was the bay crossing that welcomed everyone in and out of the city.

the bridge went up in 1936. so today, this building is such a special place of travel, of welcoming, of diversity and we know that our ferry passenger ridership is going to go to prepandemickship as we have new routes and ferrylandings. [applause] this is a place where people gather for the most important city celebrations, whether that be the pride parade toxer juneteenth to markets and festivals or just to have a day of enjoyment. in our time, this building stayed open during the covid pandemic, getting farmers market getting ready to return safely as soon it could and getting our stores open and being ready for the first passengers ready to travel and now in our economic recovery and vitality, we're hosting millions in celebrations and enjoyment.

now, we are going to make a capsule today that will be open in 25 years, in 2048, and when it's opened, i know we'll have one thing to be extremely proud of, we are investing in the future of the ferry building to prepare for sea level rise. so in 25 years, the folks that are standing up here in the community, there would be a grand project that we're preparing to raise this building maybe up to 7 feet and to redo this plaza to make it as grand it is today. in 25 years, the people will be thinking about sea level rise and have plans that we're preparing today. i know this building will be a worldwide symbol of san francisco, of welcoming and new opportunities and that's what we're honoring today, the promise of the city. i want to introduce victor coalman who is ceo of hudson community properties.

they ensure this building is beautiful and well maintained, that's why the clock tower is covered because she is being painted. and we ensure that we have spectacular diversity and great opportunity for san francisco made products and that the building really reflects our values in san francisco. the team has worked hard to make this building special. with that, please welcome mr. coleman. [applause] >> thanks, eileen, welcome everybody to a great celebration. on behalf of the hudson pacific team, we're here and proud to be part of this 125 years. this building is iconic as everybody knows. this very building has lasted through many many events and has been most recently the pandemic. and after the pandemic right now, when you look behind you,

we're 90% lease where the san francisco's tenants occupancy. and i could not be more proud than the team in hudson who has catered to the city of san francisco to all the dynamic that we deserve. this building and the city, will celebrate this and many other things to come going forward. with that, as you can see, as eileen mentioned, we're about to paint this building and refacing the historic clock tower and on our way to many more exciting things here in the building. we diversified the tenants in san francisco and our marketplace and this city is reflective of what we see here at the ferry building and what we see going forward in the ferry building in the future. as we said here, there is a time capsule and i'm going to put in a time capsule right now, some photos that 25 years from now, will be picked up that will be redone and all the

work that we've done to date, will be part of this photos. i'm going to drop this right here. as a little commemoration. [applause] to that end, our company the hudson pacific, we believe that the future is our hands, we're excite today work with civic leaders and future business leaders to protect and maintain the safety and security and vitality of the city of san francisco. we have a lot to look forward to. applaud yourself, this is one of the greatest cities in the world. and we're here to celebrate this. [applause] our local leadership here is second to none. through various levels of diversity and positive attributes, you can see the future is going to be very bright and currently, i'm standing here today to segway to introduce, our leader of

this city currently today who is focused on business, social, and the future of this city as we stand and as we look forward it is very bright. our mayor, london breed, is a testament to the future of the city and the current aspects of where the growth of the city is. please welcome our mayor, because she is going to continue to make massive differences for us. mayor breed! [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon, everybody! welcome to san francisco!, we're so happy to see each and everyone one of you here at the ferry building celebrating 125 years! let's give it up for the official band of san francisco, the lesbian gay freedom band. [applause] don't you just love this city?

before there was the bay bridge, before there was the golden gate bridge, there was the ferry building. and this iconic building was home to trains, to cable cars, to street cars, to all kinds of vehicles, to ferries and the fact is, it was iconic back then in terms of its significant during a time way during a time when we needed a place like this for so many different modes of transportation to come. when we think about the iconic ferry building, we think about san francisco and we think all of the extraordinary things that this building has evolved to over the years. yes, it was a place that was created for trade, for different modes of transportation, but over the years with changes, we have seen it become this incredible place with over 40 vendors and businesses and playses for

people to shop. to eat, to enjoy and to really experience the vibrancy of san francisco. whuz thinks about many of the challenges that this city has faced, in fact, the 1906 earthquake, the 1989 earthquake and two global pandemic, this building continues to stand strong. before, the 1989 earthquake, there was a freeway through the embarcadero and some of us remember that freeway which really cast somewhat of a shadow on this building. even though an earthquake can be seen as a devastation, here in san francisco we saw it an opportunity, an opportunity for this location what it can be for the people of the city and those who visit and work in the city and use the ferries and other modes of transportation to come here. that's why being here today and celebrating 125 years of what we are today, is so special.

because it's so important to remind us of the past and what we've been through and the challenges. and when we talk about san francisco as a resilient city, one of the most iconic resilient buildings that exist, the ferry building is one of the places that we think about. a place that is withstood earthquakes and withstood pandemic and has withstood transition from the smaller buildings that were once the tallest buildings in the city to some more, iconic buildings and the city continues to grow. we know san francisco has experienced challenges but we're grateful and excited to take a moment in time to pause and to celebrate, this extraordinary mind stone, a place that people visit from all over the world. a place that i visit frequently and enjoy smft venues and places to eat and shop. and what i want to say to

hudson properties, they have done a really great job of making this space, a vibrant space, providing opportunities to local vendors. and creating a place where anything is possible for anyone who wants to come here. and i want to express my appreciation to elaine and the people that work for the port that commissioner, here and commissioner john burton, let's see looks like he's walking towards this way. i want to thu for all the work that you've done and i express my appreciation by giving victor a proclamation and officially declaring ferry building day in the city and county of san francisco! [cheers and applause] i also want to say, that city hall in recognition of this

special occasion will be lit up in a cobolt blue so make sure that you take pictures and also we're going to be giving out ice cream. who doesn't like ice cream, 500 lucky people here today, will get ice cream to really celebrate this incredible occasion. and what i plan to put in this time capsule, let's see what my team put together. first, i'm going to put my challenge coin that shows a picture of its city hall in gold and it also shows the iconic san francisco skyline and it has my name on it. and also because technology is changing and i think in 25 years, you may not have the ability to print these but you're going to open this time capsule and some people may

say, when did they start making actual prints of photos. so i'm going to put in a print of my photograph because in 25 years, there would probably only be digital photographs and my hope is that people will look in this time capsule and think, this stuff is really cool. when i talk to kids, they don't even know what a typewriter is, some of you don't know what a typewriter is, that scares me a tad bit. but 25 years from now, we'll be able to open this time capsule and look at what was and as we see technology changing here in the city and county of san francisco, we know just like the ferry building, we'll be leading the way for our technology and innovation and all great things and we're grateful to be here to share with you on this time on this 125th anniversary. and with that, i would like to introduce the president of the board of supervisors, who is joining us here today and

represents this district, please welcome aaron peskin. >> thank you, mayor breed. always hard to go after our mayor who said everything i had to say. i will add ad lib. this place, since the days preceding the gold rush. this is the building that for 125 years, welcomed our entrepreneurs, welcomed our immigrants, welcomed our residents, welcomed our visitors and established san francisco as a center of commerce on the western seaboard of the united states. it is also an edface that we

can learn from. the mayor referenced the mistake that we as a city and state made by wowing this incredible building from our water front and yes this building has survived two pandemic, the 1906 earthquake and 1979 and as a result of that, mayor agonos and the board of supervisors, used that opportunity to reunite the ferry building and our water front with downtown and the rest of san francisco which we should be profoundly thankful for. [applause] this building was designed by an architect named arthur page brown who designed another civic structure that we know and love, our city hall.

and coy tower and the war memorial all iconic memorial buildings in san francisco. and the reason i evoke him is because there is a lesson to be learned from this building that on occasion of celebrating the anniversary, should not be lost on us and we should remember for the next century, as we raise, the ferry building which is that we have a tendency to muck up our historic buildings. we did that to city hall in 1996, then mayor willie brown and the board of supervisors, made the command decision at the taxpayers expense to return it to its grandeur and in deed the same decision was made here in 2003 where we unmucked this building and we should remember that. until 1948, 50 years into this

building's life, there was a proposal to raeze, raise this demolished building, and the city fathers they were all men and the state board of harbor commissioners wanted knock this building down because of the advent of the car and the freeways and the fact that ferries were no longer the form of transportation. guess what, it's 2023 and now ferries are back in and this building is still here let us, remember those lessons. [cheers and applause] and while i do not for some reason, i do not understand how the power to proclaim ferry building day in san francisco which somehow has been reserved only to the mayor in a charter section that i will undoubtedly try to change, i do on behalf of the board of supervisors

have the ability to recognize with our highest honor, the ferry building on the occasion of this 125 years. and this will be the first time that i do not actually present the certificate to a person but place it in a box that we will open on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of this incredible edifice. thank you for your steward ship, thank you to your staff, thank you for the unmucking of the building and thank you to those who have stewarded along the way, equity office and now hudson pacific, and let's get another 125 years out of this building. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, so much. weren't those fantastic speakers. the mayor and president peskin taught us so much about this

building and what it represents. and i'm going to put a challenge coin into the box and about the soils and what it needs to raise it up. we'll get more information before the 25 years is unfailed. --unveiled. it's time to celebrate this building. thank you all for being here, on the 125th anniversary of this most beloved, exquisite, historically utmost building, let's hear from our official band, lesbian and gay freedom band, let's celebrate. thank you! [band playing]

my name is doctor ellen moffett, i am an assistant medical examiner for the city and county of san francisco. i perform autopsy, review medical records and write reports. also integrate other sorts of testing data to determine cause and manner of death. i have been here at this facility since i moved here in november, and previous to that at the old facility. i was worried when we moved here that because this building is so much larger that i wouldn't see people every day. i would miss my personal interactions with the other

employees, but that hasn't been the case. this building is very nice. we have lovely autopsy tables and i do get to go upstairs and down stairs several times a day to see everyone else i work with. we have a bond like any other group of employees that work for a specific agency in san francisco. we work closely on each case to determine the best cause of death, and we also interact with family members of the diseased. that brings us closer together also. >> i am an investigator two at the office of the chief until examiner in san francisco. as an investigator here i investigate all manners of death that come through our jurisdiction. i go to the field interview police officers, detectives, family members, physicians, anyone who might be involved with the death. additionally i take any property with the deceased individual and take care and custody of that.

i maintain the chain and custody for court purposes if that becomes an issue later and notify next of kin and make any additional follow up phone callsness with that particular death. i am dealing with people at the worst possible time in their lives delivering the worst news they could get. i work with the family to help them through the grieving process. >> i am ricky moore, a clerk at the san francisco medical examiner's office. i assist the pathology and toxicology and investigative team around work close with the families, loved ones and funeral establishment. >> i started at the old facility. the building was old, vintage. we had issues with plumbing and things like that. i had a tiny desk.

i feet very happy to be here in the new digs where i actually have room to do my work. >> i am sue pairing, the toxicologist supervisor. we test for alcohol, drugs and poisons and biological substances. i oversee all of the lab operations. the forensic operation here we perform the toxicology testing for the human performance and the case in the city of san francisco. we collect evidence at the scene. a woman was killed after a robbery homicide, and the dna collected from the zip ties she was bound with ended up being a cold hit to the suspect. that was the only investigative link collecting the scene to the suspect. it is nice to get the feedback. we do a lot of work and you don't hear the result.

once in a while you heard it had an impact on somebody. you can bring justice to what happened. we are able to take what we due to the next level. many of our counterparts in other states, cities or countries don't have the resources and don't have the beautiful building and the equipmentness to really advance what we are doing. >> sometimes we go to court. whoever is on call may be called out of the office to go to various portions of the city to investigate suspicious deaths. we do whatever we can to get our job done. >> when we think that a case has a natural cause of death and it turns out to be another natural cause of death. unexpected findings are fun. >> i have a prior background in law enforcement.

i was a police officer for 8 years. i handled homicides and suicides. i had been around death investigation type scenes. as a police officer we only handled minimal components then it was turned over to the coroner or the detective division. i am intrigued with those types of calls. i wondered why someone died. i have an extremely supportive family. older children say, mom, how was your day. i can give minor details and i have an amazing spouse always willing to listen to any and all details of my day. without that it would be really hard to deal with the negative components of this job. >> being i am a native of san francisco and grew up in the community. i come across that a lot where i may know a loved one coming from

the back way or a loved one seeking answers for their deceased. there are a lot of cases where i may feel affected by it. if from is a child involved or things like that. i try to not bring it home and not let it affect me. when i tell people i work at the medical examiners office. what do you do? the autopsy? i deal with the enough and -- with the administrative and the families. >> most of the time work here is very enjoyable. >> after i started working with dead people, i had just gotten married and one night i woke up in a cold sweat. i thought there was somebody dead? my bed. i rolled over and poked the body. sure enough, it was my husband

who grumbled and went back to sleep. this job does have lingering effects. in terms of why did you want to go into this? i loved science growing up but i didn't want to be a doctor and didn't want to be a pharmacist. the more i learned about forensics how interested i was of the perfect combination between applied science and criminal justice. if you are interested in finding out the facts and truth seeking to find out what happened, anybody interested in that has a place in this field. >> being a woman we just need to go for it and don't let anyone fail you, you can't be. >> with regard to this position in comparison to crime dramas out there, i would say there might be some minor correlations. let's face it, we aren't

hollywood, we are real world. yes we collect evidence. we want to preserve that. we are not scanning fingerprints in the field like a hollywood television show. >> families say thank you for what you do, for me that is extremely fulfilling. somebody has to do my job. if i can make a situation that is really negative for someone more positive, then i feel like i am doing the right thing for the city of san francisco.

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