and this is facadism or kind of an urban design component and why you don't like this, the facadism component. >> well, many facadism projects have been approved in san francisco. as you and i discussed, there are some especially troubling aspects of this proposed design that in our view make it an egregious example of facadism and a mockery to the protections in this city. for one, not even the entire facade is being retained here, just the colonnade and the columns, the set back, the bblg behind the columns -- building behind the columns, the doors, and any historic elementing behind the colonnade would be removed and you'd have glazing rising behind the columns. unli other examples make more of an effort, the examples that you site to give the appearance of maintaining the historic building's original volume. we've learned that $5 million is budgeted to retain and preserve the colannade as part of the project. we recognize that not all of that amount would result in savings to the developer and the project if the colonnade is removed. clearly new ex-presences related to redesigning this po

so at the front facade, 0%, but in the rear facade, and this is the rear facade, the demolition calculation of 100%. and while that total percentage is close to 50%, it's an "and" clause with this information here, which is totals all the front, rear, east and sides, the sum of -- of all the -- i'm sorry, of 65% of all the exterior walls, and that's only here at 24%. so it doesn't meet that criteria. and you can see that graphically, also here and here. so that's -- so that's b. and then, section c, that's 50% of the vertical elements and 50% of the horizontal elements, so you're taking a look at the vertical envelope -- i don't know if you can see that. you're at 24%, and each percentage for each facade. and then, the horizontal elements, those are the floors, including the roof. these are at 23. and again, these would have to be at 50 and 50. and based on the information we have from the project sponsor, they're in the 20's. the percentage, they're in the 20's, and this is how it is represented graphically. richards rirch richar . >> commissioner richards: so it's not even close. i guess

the car with its broad curved facade and grotesque chimney figures illustrates clearly gary's conceptionof his works as creatures emerging from stone. busy the french swiss architect in town planner once pinpointed the importance of gowdy for barcelona and for architecture as a whole. what i saw in barcelona goatee was the work of a man of extraordinary energy conviction and technical skill many fisted throughout his working life as a stone mason a man who could himself work still into the form sect own in his truly mostly drawings. goatee is the builder of the turn of the century the professional architect in stone by and old brick. godi was a great artist only those who can move people's hearts live on to influence future generations. every am to noon gardy left his studio for his daily walk on the seventh of june nine hundred twenty six he was run over by a tram near the center not a family of. three days later the man who more than any other defines barcelona's architecture was dead. and. they merely ended it was full of stuff that's just sitting here on one album hezbollah area it's

we set back the faÇades, and additions to the rear which will require variance. plan to continue to develop the penthouse level to be quietly compatible with the storage structure below, including more deeply set and vertically proportioned windows. the ground floor was carefully designed with input from preservation staff to be deferential to the 1960 social resource. it was a strange design challenge. an interpretive program will be incorporated, commemorating the history of the bryant mortuary and it's association with african-american history in the western addition. historic photos, narratives, videos, videos and family history. back on the 807 franklin street site. will develop a new eight story residential structure capped consisting of of 48 units of housing, almost 70% of which will be family -sized, two and three-bedroom units. a minimally parked basement with 17 vehicle spaces. ample parking for 80 bicycles and storage. at common open space in a complying rear yard at grade, and in the roof deck on top. the architectural expression is of a sculptural f

and we would like to recommend that the facades be preserved. the last is pier 39, limited partnership. it opened in 1938. it's a 45-acre complex built with 200,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space. it was converted from an abandoned cargo pier and the what are front project was seen as a uniquely designed fishing village. it was created by warren simmons. simmons's vision was a two-level complex that people of all ages can enjoy. simmons filled pier 39 with independently owned. the pier is one of the most visited attractions, drawing 15 million local and international visitors annually. it's also the site of eagle cafe, a san francisco establishment since 1920, which was moved to the location of pier 39 from its original location at powell and the embarcadero, two blocks east of its present location. staff recommends they retain 18 retail buildings, waterfront park, sea lion, marina and breakwater features of the site. also to retain the site as the center of restaurants, shops, attractio attractions. to preserve site as a performance

i'd like to see a project come back that retains some of the facade -- 15 feet of the facade or 20 feet of the facade, add a top floor, i apologize to the neighbors, but i'm not necessarily as concerned with the views from the neighbor, either, but you can see three views on three units in that building, possibly an a.d.u. on the ground floor with no parking. i don't think we'd deny this project and have them start all over, i'd like to see three units done in a more sensible way on that lot. >> commissioner richards: we have two motions. >> president hillis: i don't deemed -- whether we disagree with it's being historic or not, i somewhat disagree that the building is historic, but the professional staff and expert that was used deemed it not historic. i'd like to see the building be preserved and not demoed, or tantamount to demo, if you can preserve the first 15 of it and set the first floor back, you can get the same square foot i can't imagine as you're getting here, it's going to cost you less, and you wouldn't have the -- >> commissioner richards: i hear you. we have two motions

i still have certain questions about the o'farrell facade, but i leave that because the bigger question is what we're going to do with the project today. >> president hillis: commissioner richards? >> commissioner richards: i agree with commissioner moore. i look at this -- two things first. there's no agreement on the amount of savings or what the mitigation would be from a historic preservation point of review. i think, as well, i want to see a rendering of what the building is going to look like. i don't like the building as it is already, so if you're going to add more of a nasty front on top of it, i want to see what that looks like. this building is relentless. the design -- it has no design at all. it's just kind of a box with punch holes in it. i would expect that we would have a revised design, and i would like to get it done before 12-7, so they get their site permit, but that's not what this is all about, but that's where i'm at. >> president hillis: commissioner melgar. >> vice president melgar: so i'm actually generally in support of this project. i -- it strikes me that ev

profile to be 4 feet lower than originally designed, as well as the revised windows on the south faÇade to reduce the number of openings and adjust the location to avoid direct visual connection with windows facing the 20-foot wide public access on aerial way. these changes were made subsequent to the filing of the application and have been shared with the d.r. requester his. next i would like to introduce my architect. >> thank you, commissioners. my name is julie jackson. we have been working with stephen for quite a number of years in order to get the project that he would like on this lot. this currently vacant lots. several years ago, we had our preapplication meeting with the community. we heard a lot of concerns at that point. we had a much deeper building, a higher building. we have reduced the project significantly and reallocated the entire building. it is a new building design. if i can show you a couple of things. >> president hillis: it is up now. pulled the microphone over so we can hear you. >> so the lines indicate the location of the project site. you could see that bot

entirely restoring the front facade. the issues we're bringing up will be addressed through the project, preservation of this beautiful building. we're putting it exactly back to original. when i met with mr. ray, met with him twice now, the main issue that was expressed, and incompetence to spoke us on that -- and i want to focus on that, is the fourth floor. this wall here that you see lined up with the third floor. the reason for that is historic preservation department said we had to have a 28 foot set back to the fourth floor, kind of force that towards the rear yard, which was not our preference. so i set to mr. bray, hey, we can maybe convince the historic planners to let us move this to the west and that'll have less impact, and they let us move it to the west, so we've done so. now if you look at this, we're splitting the difference between the 1275 and the 1261 building with our fourth floor. you see the set backs, it's about 6 foot. we're splitting the difference, we're averaging our fourth floor now. we also

for example, you can't change the facade of a shop house.ough you campaign them. then that comes alongside with a lot of authorities‘ requirements and approval. it‘s not for everyone. it ta kes a approval. it‘s not for everyone. it takes a lot of time and effort to c0 nse rve takes a lot of time and effort to conserve these properties. investing in the shop houses here in singapore. now, quick check on things we‘re looking at for this week‘s business and economics calendar. we start with the australian central bank on tuesday holding their monthly monetary policy meeting. the official cost of borrowing there has been at a record low of 1.5% for two yea rs. been at a record low of 1.5% for two years. midweek, australia continues to be in focus withjuly years. midweek, australia continues to be in focus with july trade years. midweek, australia continues to be in focus withjuly trade data due to be here in the morning and rounding off the week, the monthly usjobs report will rounding off the week, the monthly us jobs report will be closely wat

i think the other thing that's going on is just when we removed facade when the design, something else has to go in its place, right? and we only had a couple hours really to throw together those images that we showed at the end. and we'll need to work on how all that plays out. until we have a design, we can't cost it out. >> commissioner richards: so given the december 7 date, and the need to do what you need to do in order to come up with a number, etc., how much time might you need? >> we're confident we can do it in parallel, really. we have a team working on a site permit design application right now, and they are running full steam across the finish line there. >> commissioner richards: so is the site completely dependant on this little front piece. >> i'll defer to the staff on how a site permit is issued in regard to planning approvals, but having an approval in hand certainly help is us get the site process through planning. >> commissioner richards: my thought is if you need to back in the numbers, would you need a week, would you need two weeks? i think you said we just lea

because in delhi there are still countless containers that can be decorated and no end of shoddy facades either. off the wall that. if there are protests about environmental pollution and injustice anywhere in delhi then this is the most likely place yet at first glance everything seems so laid back and on political and always has at the heart of a congested metropolis of over fifteen million people this is the danube and elite university many of its eight thousand students as well as a large number of its professors come from the lower social classes so it's no surprise that ideologically the january leans to the left fighting slogans and revolutionary icons adorn the rules at the moment the students are turning against india's government and its hindu nationalist policies. we are opposed to the government's economic policies we are opposed to the government's politics the way it is opposing the politics of hatred of politics of communalism in costume justice that is that is something we'll always do and repeated leave is always things are getting really bad then i mean there were lots

outside you can start to see the white facade that will cover most of the chase center.t the stage now where you really were you can see everything coming together which i think is exciting for all the people that been working on this for six years to try to imagine what it would look like when we got to the stage..roughly a thousand construction workers a day have been at work on this privately funded project....the cost of which is to projected to be over a billion dollars. in addition to warriors games, the 18- thousand seat arena also expected to host 200 or so events like concerts and conventions. uber is planning to move into the two office buildings also under construction on the campus ...there's also 100-thosand feet of retail space which is expected to be taken up mostly by restaurants . here's a rendering of an aerial view of what it will look like once finished.....which also depicts the 5 and a half acre waterfront park that's part of the project. the third street plaza will be the venue's main entrance.on the facade right there right there a large video boa

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many buildings and apartment complexes and for today's euro max de luxe segment we go behind the facade to see a fantastic place owned by a couple who added the personal touch to the historic interior design. it goes in a sense key prospect is right in the historical center of st petersburg in the admin tastee district a stone's throw from famous sites such as st isaac's cathedral and the church of our savior on spilled blood on the street number thirty one is a typical st petersburg tenement block from the nineteenth century its neo renaissance architecture was inspired by french and spanish apartment buildings designer jesse mikail of us lives on the third floor looking place come in. and narrow hallway connects all four rooms of the apartment which has one hundred fifty six square metres of floor space the building has protected status. the living room is directly connected to the bedroom. across the hall is her daughter's room. to room. for he this is the apartment i live in my home my family it doesn't feel like a museum here we love being surrounded by all these elements that have

had been an animal to listen to what a facade i mean to show in the sublime into the most open facade of a submarine with that one i can honor and for the stunning stuff that's unless i'm about to home some method of a star other. than a mythical an animal that i call a knot and i'm going to save us at the end then you come to learn and if it is without too much not in the merger what i mean how well are you up and about the neck of about the service of the nurse that didn't deserve a second big blue. when that came. when i use when a five year month and if you are not in are not in the night the nights are limited to that i was question had to. do a little lower. such a hell of a lot to me then. so can you see where the month of july. that's headed the jordan valley solidarity campaign a community group supporting palestinian farmers in the jordan valley against israeli land seizures. fashion a kind of number not lebanon more certain. and more subtle be in them and i am been the theme. at the film in order to miss the most that. the foreign and. minute nablus. must go to america will

hundred twenty that the impressive row of houses on the ground it was built there brick and sandstone facades still characterize the settlement today. this architectural ensemble has been declared a protected monument a tribute to the beginning movement. in the center of the massive flemish baroque edifice of sent markets stands as a magnificent example of the begin churches of the seventeenth century. generations of been buried here at the interior of the basilica with its three names and the altar of set margaret is richly decorated the altar cloth stems from the flemish painter peter paul rubens. and i say to you. you thought. i. thought. and a. half . mile. in addition to the houses where the bikini lived a community consisted of a convent for new members the residence of the ground mistress the buildings where the sick were cared for and the poor fed and the central church or chapel. the most famous big onas in flanders is to find out the vinnie out in the middle of the old hands the attic city of bruges it's surrounded by the minute at a time when they could not a settlement was founded

my very first impression was that i thought it was beautiful it's aesthetic the nice facades and everything turned up very well i don't know how much money went into it raises the question of whether it was the right investment or not. it still seems pretty lifeless to me what can i say it doesn't have any real human element yet maybe it will when the right shops move and leave suddenly selected shops will be allowed to open for business in these buildings like this wine store . close by one of his friends oldest pottery makers has opened a shop. just in the most popular writer mother little houses because the tourists who come here like the idea of a souvenir of the house is typical of the region it's not kid they have their charm and you can see the love that our craft people have put into our pieces. and this bob i came up with a concept that got him a spot. in the glow of this is that this corner already has something of a village character the shopkeepers all know one or. two time up. in addition to the shops and over two hundred rental units will be made of. old town old told the enti

this is based on feedbacks that some uses the faÇades to operate.ecommend requiring a 17-foot height for the uses. the current legislation only requires 17' height for pdr. these are nor flexible -- more flexible. one more on the slide. we recommend modifying the requirement thaw 100% greenhouse gas sources to better align to improve oversight and administration of the policy. we are also recommending several additional exceptions to each site as described in your packet specifically for the flower, park site us. with the special height exception we did include a recommendation the extra height only on the residential project if it provides additional public benefit. we recommended one way is affordable units. in number nine we suggested higher affordable other than 415 provide you had on site or off-site. we are exploring these with the edgelative phonessors. still man is a narrow street abutting a large storage yard and lacks a sidewalk on the much. it is reasonable to reduce the sun controls to allow building closer to the street similar to contr

and from the illustrations, you can see that the existing condition at the front facade was one story over garage. the proposed condition was to be two stories over garage, and at the rear, looking from the back yard of the downsloping lot, the existing was -- condition was two stories over basement, and the proposed condition was to be four stories over a basement. the picture you see represented on this slide is as the property was in october of 2017, after the demolition had taken place. and thank you to the architect for providing me with these illustrations that kind of give definition to the -- the steps of how we got to this point. just for context, the building in the middle is represented with the x on it, and the building to the east and the right-hand side is 651 alvarado street, with the building to the left, on the west hand side being 661 alvarado street. and we're looking at this building in a northwesterly direction from the rear yard of an upsloping lot. so the next slight shows the building without showing the adjacent buildings, obviously, and this is what it was li

any facade facing the street. this is particularly interesting because the lot is only 25 feet wide. so the literal enforcement would mean that we're putting parking in the next yard. by granting the variance, will provide some needed scale housing in a family scaled neighborhood. thanks very much. i hope you will support the project. >> thank you. i have one speaker card. mr. john uwland. if anyone else wants to speak on this item, please line up on this side of the room. >> good after than, commissioners. thank you for hearing me. my name is john newland. i've been a resident of the neighborhood since 1971. i -- both as a resident, community member and member of the san francisco police department. i started my career at park station when it was bombed, killing the sergeant on duty. and i was there when the old horse stables were converted to a community room. so we've come a long way. and towards the end of my career, i was four years as commanding officer at park station and i have seen improvements in the com

outside you can start to see the white facade that will cover most of the chase center.t really we're at the stage now where you really were you can see everything coming together which i think is exciting for all the people that been working on this for six years to try to imagine what it would look like when we got to the stage..roughly a thousand construction workers a day have been at work on this privately funded project....the cost of which is to projected to be over a billion dollars. in addition to warriors games, the 18- thousand seat arena also expected to host 200 or so events like concerts and conventions. uber is planning to move into the two office buildings also under construction on the campus ...there's also 100-thosand feet of retail space which is expected to be taken up mostly by restaurants . here's a rendering of an aerial view of what it will look like once finished.....which also depicts the 5 and a half acre waterfront park that's part of the project. the third street plaza will be the venue's main entrance. the facade right there right there a l

to be a win win situation in this relationship with africa we said for me it's really all just a facade. we know exactly what the problems are and all. we need is the capital in those countries not in politicians' hands but in the hands of business people. we just open in the usa there are a lot of creative minds in africa are they able to transform their ideas into businesses what about your country cameroon but the fact that you have not come would come up with well cameron is a special case. but in fact there are various countries now on the right path when we talk about africa it's not all the same it's not homogenous some countries really work but one is doing great economically and politically there's gonna and south africa it means that as an african i can see which countries are like to go see it and set up a business but in cameroon it's really difficult at the moment i come up with. the fear and it seems that some of the africans who come to europe can at least afford the journey here or there proactive and courageous taking their fate into their own hands but is it not the wr

my very first impression was that i thought it was beautiful it's aesthetic the nice facades and everything turned up very well i don't know how much money went into it raises the question of whether it was the right investment or not. it still seems pretty lifeless to me what can i say it doesn't have any real human element yet and maybe it will when the right shops move and leave only selected shops will be allowed to open for business in these buildings like this wine store . close by one of his firm's oldest pottery makers has opened a shop. just in the most popular writer mother little houses probably because the tourists who come here like the idea of a souvenir of the house is typical of the region it's not kid they have their charm and you can see the love that our crafts people have put into our pieces. and this bob i came up with a concept that got him a spot. where this is what this corner already has something of a village character the shopkeepers all know one or i. can use a short time. in addition to the shops and over two hundred rental units will be made of. in the old town

not to a devotee but to a national idol of all places mahatma gandhi the peace activist adorns the facade at the police headquarters his portrayed was painted many years ago by a german it marked the birth of delhi's street movement. also gives some kind of a hope. to do the people and to this community which is generally very neglected neglected in things that are. like these children who can't get enough of seeing top class international lot in then neighborhood simply amazing. night there's not have free will he says artist come here from all over the world it's great. like the telegraph the pool. and in all likelihood they will continue to come because in delhi there are still countless containers that can be decorated and no end of shoddy facades either. off the wall you get. if there are protests about environmental pollution and injustice anywhere in delhi then this is the most likely place yet at first glance everything seems so laid back and unpolitical an oasis at the heart of a congested metropolis of over fifteen million people this is the gagnon and elite university many of i

in the don't move the ball do you talk the more fuel watch the match the facade. will he have to hand to gordon at the jato would not elaborate deference us at all of your problem what do you know more than you want to do just as milton. that is called freedom. of the earth. also involving them either should the government. itself really something i didn't know about my own tends to come from indonesia but i want harvesting is a lot but i've also learned that qatar and other gulf states have effectively opted out of the scientists controls on that could not in case it i think straight. there are different rules for different countries have created the kind of spiders where on which the black market types. i think a security camera around proselytizer a car. right there or. am even invited into a private club where this stuff is kept and other dealers are sifting through products. for her or for her. or. her for her then it comes to getting the band dude into thailand several send us we have our connections another one said you drive level with the police and event

. >> any facade this is not political is certainly a false facade because you do have both sides looking to have their different outcomes from this, scott. i want to talk a bit about that as well. all this playing out in advance of the midterm elections, it is mored a vantages you -- advantageous for brett kavanaugh to be a supreme court justice at all costs, or should they focus more on the long view here to make sure they don't alienate moderate women voters come november and, scott, come 2020? >> well, i'm going to talk about what should happen first. when folks get married, they're supposed to be married for life. you're supposed to have a chance to raise an objection before the process goes through. now, this is a supreme court justice who is on the court for decades, for life. and questions should be raised and should be heard. and you shouldn't just rush everybody out of the room and say, nothing to see here. what the republican gamble here is right now, it doesn't matter how quickly they do this, they believe that they can still win a lot of women voters by running arguments such