dr. borja to please come up if he is here. and the [speaker not understood] center community. as i had mentioned, by the 1940s, the south of market had unquestionably become the home of as well as the center of work, recreation, and worship for san francisco's filipino-american community. by the 1970s, filipino families began to move to the south of market and the filipino education center became the newcomer center for new arrivals and the south of market has proudly had the highest concentration of filipino americans in san francisco in this time. dr. borja who is our honoree today immigrated to the u.s. in 1957 after graduating from medical school. he opened the practice in the mission with his wife, dr. escobar and his dream was to open a community center for all filipinos to learn about their rich american history, 67c.103ing culture and lasting traditions. in 1976 dr. borja purchased the delta hotel on sixth and mission to begin the realization of this dream and vision that he had. in mar