on opening night, the installation was an immediate hit with the crowd. we talked with the or what said about his remarkable installation. >> what inspired you to create this interactive piece? >> the work i typically do is kind of interactive installations or both indoor and also outdoor and public space. for me, what i'm most interested in is how we can use technology to make the city, which is typically quite a static environment architecturally speaking -- how can we make it come alive? >> what i love about your work is there is such sophisticated software and electronics and complex connections that all have to work together to make it successful, but yet, all of that is invisible to the people interact with the work. >> they do not realize there is all these cables and projectors and computers and all this technology behind the scenes, and if you can keep it hidden, it feels like a really magical moment. to me, that is what is inspiring, and that is what makes the public, their eyes light up. >> you feel a little bit like the wizard of oz? >> totall

it would be installed? >> when it would doing any testing, to do analysis to make sure the site would work, and also with the widow of the construction. whenever the war on the streets, they had my card. commissioner garcia: people were aware of this potential pole would have equipment that could be small, medium, or large, and don't worry about this affect or that effect, don't worry about radiation because those are things that need not be worried about? >> all i can do is comply with the law. commissioner garcia: you understand what this evening is about. this evening is not about conforming with the law, it has to do with the fact that people are here asking for jurisdiction because they feel as though, whether provided by law or not, they feel as though they were due some process and that they were left out of the process that had to do with understanding what was going to happen in front of their house, what potential or real effect that might have on their lives. >> let me explain that the warning st

first elevators were installed for moving materials in the 1860's. in the 1870's, the first passenger elevator was installed, and that allowed building heights to go up to about seven floors. starting in the 18 eighties, 1890's, the first electric elevators were installed. that allowed for buildings to go up even higher, even more than 10 floors, and those were the first elevators that became representative of what we consider modern elevators today. >> so the height of buildings is related to elevator technology. >> both of these technologies encourage architects to build taller buildings. engineering and materials science provided a higher quality of steel to build with, and having passenger elevators meant it was the necessary anymore to climb a long flight of stairs to get to the top of the building. the elevator made the upper floors of the building more attractive than they were before. >> here we were at the historic st. francis hotel, which was actually a representation of the evolution of elevators. can you tell us more about san francisco h

-- installed prior? >> two years from now, when the one-year permit expires, you would be subject to the new rules. commissioner garcia: ok, thank you. >> and that is the only reach but -- back to previously approved applications. i hope i answered your question. commissioner garcia: it did. thank you. commissioner fung: there are some limitations as to what municipal agencies and appeal groups like ours can deal with the permit for wireless devices. you know, i remember more recent cases where those wireless devices that were on private property, i could not quite remember the case that occurred in the private right of way, which i believe it is different -- which i believe is different with what one could appeal. >> may i just clarify? are you meeting on private property? commissioner fung: yes. >> those are questions for the planning department. commissioner fung: you just give up the permits? >> yes. commissioner fung: yes. there are some guidelines that we have to follow. until the new law is passed

to installation. -- it is prior to installation. commissioner hwang: we heard from the requester that the jurisdiction requester is down the street. do you know? >> no. commissioner hwang: so you would not know if requester falls within 100 feet, should this legislation be retroactively applicable? >> i think we could probably figure that out. commissioner hwang: i was just curious. vice president goh: we heard something about undergrounding. what is going on with the undergrounding of the boxes? >> declaring an underground district, with enough equipment on a pole or not, -- with the and put on a pole or not, -- with the equipment on a pole or not, the ones that are underground, they have to move it. obviously, there is pg&e equipment. vice president goh: so a neighborhood cannot decide to foot the bill for undergrounding? >> the board of supervisors would also love to declare underground. >> yes. vice president goh: we heard something about wind tolerance in the request for jurisdiction. >> the safe

city and has been -- installation. this should be less than that contemplated by the eir. the engineers are here to answer any questions you have about the testing protocol. the project would not increase the visual impact of the tower. there are some technical questions regarding the installation or the tower itself. the power operates as the primary communications facility. we are lucky to have it. there is a conditional use authorization which authorizes all forms of radio communication on the tower. it makes sense that the type of insulation is you are considering be centralized in location to the tower. this is to minimize the impact of the remaining areas of the city. we request that the planning commission uphold the building permits as amended by the neighborhood agreement in 2008 and referred to by mr. crawford and those have been intended to apply to all of these permits for this tower. this includes mandatory structural inspection and discussions with neighborhood organizations. thank you and we remain open

it's a very effective and cheap and safe installation process. thin film has a smaller, a lesser efficiency. half as efficient but it's about half the cost. so if you look at it, a small system 1.2 kilowatt systems, it produces 1.2 kill what's in full sun or 1,200 watts. in crystal lynn it could would take 500 panels. in thin film it would take this much space. they would produce the same and at current prices they cost close to the same. let's look at the typical system components here and i'll show you how they're laid out on the house in a minute. we know what the array is. they're hooked together. they're mounted to the roof by rails and mounts. they're hooked together with wires and switches and things like that we call that the balance of the system. it's a relatively minor component as far as price goes. so your array is mounted to the roof. it's wired to the inverter which is a simple device that changes d.c. current to a.c. current. that's all it does. it fits on the side of the house next to the meter typically and isn't very large. abo

a lot of the work featured in the exhibition and a lot of the installations are handmade objects.here is a lot of do-it-yourself aesthetic and that handmade do-it-yourself feeling is something that mimics the idea and the reality of the alternative world making that we're trying to represent here as far as the self-sufficient community goes. gallery three features work that relates to the ideas of self-determinenism, alternative world making and utopia. visits can still participate in this -- visitors can still participate in this project. during the opening, we invite visitors to come in and try on these costumes, pose in front of the backdrop. he was really inspired by comic books that he read as growing up and thinks of this space as a post-apocalyptic monster portrait gallery where people can remain genderless once they put on the costumes. we think it's important that this be happening in san francisco, which is considered an ekpe center of the queer actual cure. the majority of the queer cultural events happen in june which has been designated as the pride month. which to me

do i need to tell you how unsightly it is and how poorly installed it is? the crew has worked until 10:00 p.m. and on saturday and sunday, to complete their work, and it seemed to go on and on. the first thing i wondered is where else are they installing these things? are we just unlucky on our street? there is one a single block away and two more within a four-block radius. it seems to me that this proliferation goes against any intention to ultimately buried the utilities underground, like the area immediately surrounding us. while constant exposure to one of vice might not offend, according to the fcc standards, how about this kind of density? who is asking these questions on our behalf? are they being asked? the more i research, the more i learn how my hands are tied -- how our hands are tied as residents and homeowners as far as what we can do about this, i understand that the new regulations will allow for an appeal in two years when the permit comes up for renewal. we have to live up to the monthly service crews, and the fear that this equipment migh