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another artist that we commissioned is jenny holzer who has worked at the broad trade center. she works with led lighting. there will be some words and sentences from some great artists in history. here is a look of what it looks like in the day. in the evening as well. another artist that we have commission is james carpenter. he will bring light to shot alley. he will be -- shaw alley. that will be one of the more active places in the retail station. his idea was to focus on the passage. two fields of luminous objects. a series of eliminated-sets and a series of 60 illuminated glass pavers. the two allied fields act in concert to divide the volume. you can see an example of that here. the idea is for visitors to come in, take public transit in the new station, learn about the fatah and foliage in the park, come to a concert on the rooftop, visit the art components that we will have in the new station, eat, shop, etc. in this next slide, the other artist we have is dead conn, who will be providing us with a wonderful -- a long pole with a series of jets will register the buse

design concept and budgets for the four recommended artists -- james carpenter, julie chang, jenny holzer and ned kahn and authorizing the executive director to enter into an agreement with each of the artists for design development, construction documents, predicted mr. engine, an oversight of navigation and installation. >> is with great pleasure to present this to you. we are presenting four artists where there are will be integrated into the station. hopefully, as we move along, we will be able to identify further funding with more opportunities. we are going to have fled clark and joe madsen presenting this item, but i do want to express our appreciation to jill and the san francisco arts association for their support and hard work in bringing this item to you today -- fred clark and jill madsen. director daly: before we get there, i do not want to sully the presentation and the beauty of this after the presentation, so really quickly right now, in the future, for me, this is the second one of these that i now on and it is beautiful, but i could just take an electronic version and be

professor holzer. >> i agree and disagree with the comment. not to get into the moralizing piece.has beentation in europe is a much more stable settlement. and if we can make it as stable here as is in europe, that's fine. we don't need a priest or a rabbi to bless it. but that makes the comparison with europe. this is about fatherhood and not marriage per se. the other problem -- and i agree i think the social supports are very important, but the difficulty of trying to take the european model and put it in the united states is number one, those social structures are supported by very high tax rates than the united states. i don't see the current political system in the united states as pim willing to embrace european tax rates. and european model, they have difficulties on the employment side, in some, not all of those countries, but the dependency of people to drop out of the labor market has been very high. i like some of the supports provided, it is not very good. it has pluses and minuses. >> we are cutting into lunch. i'm going to cut it off here unfortunately. i apologize.

professor holzer. >> i agree and disagree with the comment. not to get into the moralizing piece.w has beentation in europe is a much more stable settlement. and if we can make it as stable here as is in europe, that's fine. we don't need a priest or a rabbi to bless it. but that makes the comparison with europe. this is about fatherhood and not marriage per se. the other problem -- and i agree i think the social supports are very important, but the difficulty of trying to take the european model and put it in the united states is number one, those social structures are supported by very high tax rates than the united states. i don't see the current political system in the united states as pim willing to embrace european tax rates. and european model, they have difficulties on the employment side, in some, not all of those countries, but the dependency of people to drop out of the labor market has been very high. i like some of the supports provided, it is not very good. it has pluses and minuses. >> we are cutting into lunch. i'm going to cut it off here unfortunately. i apologiz