we made this building what arthur brown had in mind. that's what makes it so magnificent. the only thing we didn't do and we should do it now. remember i lost the fight. i wanted to put the industrial kitchen in this building. now you have all of these damn trucks out here warming food up. we should have had the industrial kitchen and now there is not 1 word of criticism. todd wille was what we were trying to do and in reality we were trying to do what mayor lee said was to make it the people's palace. >> we need food. >> correct. since the first day it has been own, it's been a winner and something that everybody just absolutely loves. you come here like i did yesterday. there must have been 50-60 people getting married. i'm a practicing lawyer, i do divorces. i passed out my card. laughed >> if you can believe it it was here long before your birthday. it was before your time, the king of norway was coming and somebody said where can we have it. isn't it too bad we don't have a palace. i said we do have a palace. they said where? city hall. i said let's wake them up. we a

arthur brown noted architect in the city wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it was all about machinery and sort of this amazing architecture very powerful architecture. he convinced the rec park commission that building a tower in her memory would be the thing to do with her money. >> it was going to be a wonderful observation place because it was one of the highest hills in the city anywhere and that that was the whole reason why it was built that high and had the elevator access immediately from the beginning as part of its features. >> my fear's studio was just down the street steps. we were in a very small apartment and that was our backyard. when they were preparing the site for the coit tower there was always a lot of harping and griping about how awful progress was and why they would choose this beautiful pristine area to do them in was a big question. as soon as the coit tower was getting finished and someone put in the idea that it should be used for art then all of a sudden, he was

brown and arthur little. let me say that not all of the information that one would want is available. there are a bit of mysteries about both of them, and i will come back to part of that in half a minute. arthur little -- brown and little are both boston upper class, brahmans, born on beacon hill in that area. arthur little in 1877 did one of the very earliest books that examined early american architecture. early american architecture wasn't a concern of anybody. he is one of the very earliest people that goes out with sketches. this is his book in 1877 "early new england interiors." he attended mit school of architecture. then he traveled abroad. with mr. brown, it is a little unclear whether he did attend mit, but he does travel abroad. he is in paris. whether he is a member of the echole des beaux-art, is unclear. the exact date they team up is unclear. there are a couple different dates when they are out there. they begin to do houses such as this, the salem house. it is a sort of a federal revival. thi

. >> arthur graham raheem brown. shut it down!s workers rights. >> the highest minimum rate. >> the day of protest from san francisco to san jose. why prosecutors dropped the charges in the massive yosemite fire. >> i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. cooling is on the way and i'll let you know what the weekend forecast is coming up. >>> this is abc 7 news. >>> our greatest hope is that we minimize unnecessary hurt here. >> he's talking about what was captured in this video. a high school baseball game turns ugly when one player yells some racial slurs after the final pitch. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm cheryl jennings. the fallout has been quick. the star player lost his college scholarship over his caught-on-camera rant. the hateful words came from a valley high school student following the game at st. mary's at berkeley. katie katie udas is live in alameda. >> reporter: there are lessons to be learned on and off the baseball diamond, the lesson here that the consequences of our words can come as quick as a tweet