parkmerced is an important plant garden city. it is an of a city in and of itself. letters and memos that have been sent state clearly that it is significant on a local and national level. there is no other development in san francisco that represents in such a distinctive manner and with such great integrity, the feeling and character of a modern party city. as an architect, the person concerned about design and concept generation, there are so many other alternatives that can be done here. you are looking at a maros 20 or 30 years in the future. we need those transit connections now. we do not need it five years down the road or 10 years down the road. and we need the housing now, but we do not need to demolish sound existing family units, just to bulldoze them and build up as high as you can without looking at existing towers. those are not retrofitted. what has been done in independent analysis is to look at these projects. i am reminded only of a book that was read to me by my father. i will put it on the overhead. "the biggest house in the world take a simple

little city gardens is an urban far more people can come to learn about agriculture and talk about food systems. little city gardens is also a small business in that we aim to support the work that we do have a place that we hold in the community by growing, selling, and distributing fresh produce. we started this business because we believe that productive urban farms have a great role to play in the future of our cities. urban farming has always had an important presence in san francisco. we felt like the agricultural movement could take on the sustainability of some of them could support themselves economically. when we began, there were no gardens that we could look for as a model. we knew there'd be ample benefit and ample challenge in the process. we have experienced plenty of both. we are totally awed every day. and also, as we are trying to carve out a new space, we have challenges every day. as many of you know, the first major obstacle here was the fact that selling the produce was not legal. the zoning code did not allow us to support ourselves. thank you for all of your hard

an earlier speaker spoke about the history of this place as a plan from the garden city. if this is approved, it will become historic as a moment in time when the city of san francisco and the bay region got serious about living in a sustainable manner. thank you. >> what was your name again? >> owen kinnerly. supervisor mar: thank you >> my name is mike smith. i am an eight-year resident of park merced. i have enough brain cells to know things are not quite right in the garden home i live in. most recently a continuation of the plumbing problems i had nearly cost an injury in my home when a pope broke, and it started leaking through the kitchen fixture. the lens came down and almost crashed on my wife's head. i have put up with this for a long time. i am in favor of the vision. i think park merced is old, tired, and i think it needs some rejuvenation. it just is getting to be one thing after another. i, too, have talked to a lot of people on my block. some of them were against it at first and have changed their mind, a lot of them for the same reasons as i. when you are i

. >> reporter: it's wednesday afternoon at this mall in garden city, new york, and you could play catch in the parking lot. a slow shopping center is hardly conclusive evidence of a weak economy, but some experts say it's no surprise given other signs of lackluster activity. the housing market remains in the cellar. sales are down at the nation's go-to store. and, job growth is still far too slow to put millions of americans back to work. economist ed yardeni also points to the recent increase in weekly jobless claims and weakness in the auto sector because of parts shortages in japan. >> the auto industry actually saw a very sharp drop in production in april and, as a result of that, they're not hiring and they're holding back 'til they can get the parts. so, i think, when you add it all up, we're probably looking at a soft patch lasting through the end of the summer. >> reporter: and, don't forget those higher prices at the pump. some say they've upset our financial state of mind. >> we all drive down the road and we see that price all the time, and so it gives an immediate sense of h

mary's school in garden city, and she was about 14 years old, and in the yearbook, there was a picture of her, and underneath she had written, 'a rage for fame attends both great and small.' i thought, 'well, that's pretty smart for a 14-year-old.' but then i thought, 'well, maybe she got it from somewhere,' so i did some research and i found it was from an 18th century english poet. it was an ode, and the last two lines were, 'a rage for fame attends both great and small; better be damned than not be named at all.' and i realized that from a small girl, she had realized she wanted to be famous. so i thought that "rage for fame" is just a perfect title because her whole life after that was to that end. c-span: when was this picture taken? >> guest: that picture was taken about 1942, just after she'd been elected to congress by the famous canadian photographer kosch--joseph kosch. c-span: how old was she here? >> guest: she was only about 39. c-span: and how long did she serve in congress? >> guest: she served in congress for two terms--four years altogether. c-span: when did you first

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host: mike, garden city, kansas. lice -- last chance. we will move on to texas. rick, what do you think about newt gingrich will present a question of caller: probably one of the best candidates the republicans have said they have not taken the election seriously and have not provided us with anything to look at. the only one not in favor of alienating half the country for a few republican votes. host: what do you mean by that? caller: he is more willing to come to the table the and the people light -- like gingrich who's political views, it would call everybody a trader and makes us look good in the polls -- host: rick, who are you supporting for president? caller: for the republican party -- gingrich? or romney -- host: naples, florida. good morning. caller: i am 90 years old and i would vote for gingrich. they talk about his baggage. i read two of his books and he is the smartest person in the united states. i would vote for him and i would campaign for him. host: how long have you been a republican, all your life? caller: all my life. i was born and republica

host: garden city, kansas. what do you think this morning?aller: when i heard about this last night, i was so excited and glad about and. but then i said, doesn't that sound bad? he has been murdered. i don't believe and murder. like us said, i am a christian. i know there are times in the bible that god punished people and stuff like that. so i have to look at stuff like that that, in no, -- you have to be accountable for your actions. i do want to say thank you to our president because for one thing, he has tried to do his best according to the burial thing and doing it according to how they want it done. host: youngstown, ohio. your opinion? caller: i just want to say the man before the woman that just came on, i agree with him when he says we did not stoop down to the standards of how they treat people. we buried him as he would have won it. that is the way it should have been. justice say this is someone who still and middle school during the september 11 attacks. i am grateful we have captured this man. not captured him, but killed him

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garden. >> jon: welcome back. our cities are dying. sadly even if we do legalize heroin many of them simply can't be saved. jason jones filed this heart- breaking report on a once great american city rendered unununwrecks on niceable. sfroo san francisco has schools that are facing $100 million in cutbacks and now there's this. >> san francisco didn't even make it into the top ten on a new survey of the gayest cities in america. >> yes, san francisco, the city that flew the nation's first rainbow flag and is the birth place of the rusty trombone, has fallen behind orlando, pittsburgh and even st. louis. their city symbol is a giant vagina. the ranks have left gay san franciscans like tim selig outraged. >> san francisco is "the" inundisputed leader of gay cities. >> you're not. you're number 11. >> no, we are the gayest. >> reporter: just how gay is san francisco? one look around and you see that they're certainly number one in hacky gay puns and cartoonish gay sex shops. if i squint, that's kind of gay. >> maybe. >> well, if you take

city shootout. it's the barden spot -- garden spot outside kansas city where your airport is now located, and it's also where bonnie and clyde and their criminal career began to be extinguished. that was the beginning of the end. the thing that i thought needed to be done in this book -- there have been do my knowledge 27 previous books written about bonnie and clyde coming from rep -- reputable authors. there's few that have context. by that i mean this. the great historian steven ambrose said he wrote books to answer one question, and question was how did they do that? whether steve ambrose wrote about the transcontinental railroad or organizing d-day, the purpose of his books and what he wanted to find out was how was it done? go down together is my 14th book, and in my books i try to answer a question too, but it's a different one. what i always want to understand is why did they do that? that's where context comes in, and in the case of bonnie and clyde and the legend that's grown and been refurbished and reshaped and 75 years after they are dead, it's still going on. it seems to me there's two wh

city would be allowed to have an eight-story building in a covering the entire lot. homes where children can play safely will be replaced by rental apartments with no gardens. more families will leave the city. each apartment with no mandated garage will add eight or more cars to our already crowded streets. traffic due to an adequate transit will destroy the livability in the city. as a 51-year resident, i am asking for your courageous help and support in these difficult economic times. the diversity and quality of life in the neighborhood need your protection now and for the future. when the votes which have won the honor to compete for the world cup are sailing in the bay and our citizens and sisters from around the world are enjoying our view, shoreline parks, and our unique neighborhoods, -- supervisor mar: thank you. >> hello. i would like to talk to you about a couple of concepts. that concept is that the older i get, the more i realize that you just do not get back kind. i am concerned that once we have lost the quality of life that we enjoy in san francisco today, a city of distinctive neighborhoods, neighborhoods with low density, neighborhoods wit

alex demetrick reports the project at mother's garden means stepping up as city funds dry up. >> reporter this garden was dedicated in the 1920s, honoring baltimore mothers. it was enjoyed for decades. >> my mother used to come here and her children game here and have fond memories of when the park was in good shape. >> reporter: getting it back in shape has fallen mostly to volunteers as the city cuts department budgets to fund essential services. >> gardens like this tend to sometimes, you know, we've got to kind of turn our back on them and focus on other priorities in the city. >> reporter: while mayor william donald schaefer did restoration work in honor of his mothers. some of those touches still bloom, but a bridge no longer crosses a pond and unearthing stone walkways is a tough job. volunteers and donations are carving out bright spots. >> can you big a hole? >> yeah. mom. >> the more the park can be used the better. if people can come out and support the park that will make it worthwhile. >> this is the future for garden maintenance in the park. >> reporter: if you're one of a h

instead of the city taking the lead, the community has stepped up. >> so we just started coming out on weekends, doing some gardeningnd cleaning it up ourselves. that's when we got the ball rolling. >> by taking symbolic ownership of the care of this box, the community is strengthened. >> why is it important? well, i think human nature is to clean the community. >> you're got to turn off the computer, turn off the tv. you have to get outside and get your hands dirty. and for me, that's difficult. >> reporter: dedicated to mothers. now appreciated by all. >> reporter: organizers are looking for corporate support. at clifton park, mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news. back to you on tv hill. >> looks so much better already. if you'd like to become involved, the group has sort of a facebook page. it is called the friends of mother's garden. >>> and current and former ranks teamed -- ravens teamed up to battle lou gehrig's disease. the former player on the ravens' super bowl winning team was diagnosed with als back in 2007. the money raised from this run helps people and families affected by that disease. it was a beautiful

city by d.c.'s new mayor vincent gray. the reason that the prince of wails is coming here, it's a special garden. itate at the forefront of the an international movement known as sustainable architect agriculture. they don't use chemical pesticides, they put into the earth what they take out. common good city fire and that is non-profit. the gardeners, everyone stopped gardening when he got here. they're volunteers and some are low-increase kids and adults, growing flowers, herbs, vegetables and trees. and i didn't get your name. you're psyched? >> did you get a good picture? >> yeah, he shook high mand and we had a great conversation. >> what did he talk about? >> a lady asked him for his autograph. he said he doesn't do autographs on tuesdays. it was a joke, you know, he was saying high and being welcoming. >> did you get a picture? >> no, i didn't get a picture. i live down the street and everything. >> did you see the royal wed something. >> we d. i didn't get up at 5:00 a.m., but we saw it. yeah. >> and if you had a question to ask the prince, what would you ask him? >> i have no idea. >> we'