commissioner hwang: is landmark status in question at all? >> no, it is clearly a landmark. commissioner hwang:. president goh: commissioners, any more questions? i think we are in deliberations now. vice president garcia: i guess i will go. i think my feelings are well known on this. the reason i asked that question, i know it has landmark status, but it seems as though landmark status is purely a function of the landmark status of the building in front. it has an unknown origin. many of the original features out have been destroyed. and were something to happen to the front building, then we would consider this not being someone who is on the historic preservation commission that a reasonable case could be made for the fact that this, in and of itself, standing alone would not qualify for a historic landmark status. i think the other thing that always bothered me was the fact that the alternatives seem to not represent anything that has to do with any sort -- because the irony is, the reason, my understanding from a while back and i read some of the materials again, the re

>> it is my understanding that both are landmarked structures. one thing i did not mention before, this is very early in the process. it was the first step demolishing a building would also require a variance. commissioner peterson: i will the next. i am leaning towards supporting these historic preservation commission for the reasons i said last time. in addition, the department and each pc said that they believe there could be a project there and could even be a residential project. we voted to continue to have the case sent back to discussions which apparently took place and a revised proposal was worked on. what i heard from the appellant was basically my way or the highway response to the discussions. i have trouble with that. so for those reasons, in addition to the reasons that the last hearing, i would support the hpc. president goh: i am similarly leaning for some of the same reasons, i recognize that you have to take your design, you put great stock in the value in your own view of how the property should come out. it is frustrating to

and that is not a city landmark. the guy who owns it is very aware of its significance as maybe the last and best example of a carville house. he really wants to take care of it. i don't know if he would go forward with any landmark designation just because like a lot of homeowners he doesn't want to be at all boxed in with what he can do. but that's kind of where we are. i think it is a landmark. if anything had to come up, i would definitely nominate it as one. the other examples of carville houses, there's one on 47th avenue where the cars have been basically removed and all you've really got left is perhaps the floors of a couple of cars. it was a great example until, i guess, the late 1950's. and whoever bought house decided to take out most of the woodwork. that might be the only one, the one on great highway. >> i mentioned one of the problems with plumbing with these carville homes. i was wondering at what point in history did outhouses become illegal in san francisco? >> i'm not sure of that. but outhouses w

and if they hit a landmark of some sort, they don't around it, they go up and over it or they go down a cliff and when you are on one of these roads and you get to the edge of a cliff, you can see that it's easier to go down maybe 20 feet over to your left, but they go right down the cliff. and you look down the cliff and there are stairs carved into the cliff face so that this road stays absolutely straight. my take on this is that out in the desert, the ultimate commodity besides water is visibility. ani

this is for a historic landmark in my district. it was built in 1861 for the mcelroy family that lived there until the late 1800's. it is designated as a landmark. it was added to the national register of historic places in 1972. tomorrow, we are celebrating its 150th anniversary. i look forward to presenting the certificate to them tomorrow. >> can we take this item? without objection, this resolution is adopted. my apology -- >> mycology's really quick. i do have a technical amendments. i need a motion to adopt the as chemical armaments. >> this is seconded by supervisor campos. without objection. that shall be the case. we will take the underlying resolution as amended. without objection, this resolution is adopted. madam clark, could you please read today's in memoriams. >> on behalf of supervisor elsbernd, on behalf of war powers and dennis. >> is there any more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our business. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourn for the day. commissioner campos: we are joined by members, com

. >> san francisco's old mint has been a landmark since the 1870s but when the treasury department left it, the future seemed uncertain. dan ashley takes a look what planners hope will be a golden opportunity. >> san francisco's old mint was built in the 1870s, it's been decades turning gold and silver from the hills into coins. today it sits empty. >> this building is a national historic landmark. >> president of museum and historical society, it's in the process of breets gofe by life y turning night a san francisco museum. this is what the museum and visitors center will eventually look like, but there is still a lot of work to be done before the first guest arrives. >> we do need to complete upgrades, mechanical, plumbing, ada compliance. >> they housed treasury offices and was handed over to the city in 2003. it was the bank that funded construction and was one of the few buildings to survive the 19 officer 6 quake. >> it existed in a sea of rubble. >> paul wolford is one of architects. >> the greatest challenge is to honor the history of the building to preserve it and to renew it

but i do have some concerns when we are working with buildings of landmark status, all of us here in the city need to work with the department index of some of the guidelines. i am disappointed that all of us that the compromise plan by the department wasn't acceptable because the think we would all be benefited by the improvement of the property. i don't think my vote matters, but i think you did a lovely job. we're dealing with buildings of landmark status, this is where we need to work with the city experts. yet done a lovely job with the main building and i applaud your investments. >> is there a motion? >> i moved to uphold the department for the reasons stated. >> told the historic preservation commission, and disapproval set forth in motion no. 78. >> we have a motion from commissioner hwang to uphold the denial set forth in the hpc motion. on that motion. [roll call vote] commissioner fung: no. commissioner garcia: aye. commissioner garcia: no. president g-- commissioner peterson: aye. >> the vote is 3-2. t the denial is upheld. >> 5a and 5b will be heard the other. -- togeth

. >>> and the final curtain on a bay area landmark that -- the credits roll for the last time. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it's a story . >>> residents of a condo are declaring a win in the battle our secondhand smoke. it's a story consumer watch first reported in february. >> reporter: just think you pay half a million dollars for a luxury high-rise condo, only to be forced out by your neighbors overwhelming cigarette smoke. that's what happened to one woman but now it's appropriating change. >> it was a wake up call. >> reporter: the hoa president talking about the dispute that spread like, well, smoke through his brand new luxury condo building. >> man. >> reporter: it started when one resident complained about rig set fumes filling her new condo. >> smoke like going fog out of here. >> reporter: the city said it was built to code but cigarette smoke was seeping in. >> there is a free path of air into the unit. >> reporter: monitors showed smoke levels in her apartment were higher than in a casino. >> we could see this very high peak with a pattern of every day when the neighbor comes home.

there are really two landmark figures in the book as far as president's goal who have made breakthroughs -- abraham lincoln, and lyndon johnson. it is interesting. he was not known as a pioneer in civil rights throughout his career, but after president kennedy died, in an effort to continue that legacy, he pushed far beyond what kennedy did on civil rights. even at the expense of the democratic party in the south, he did think it was the right thing to do, and he had a lot of criticism over vietnam and other things, but on civil rights, he is a landmark figure. >> going back to the influence question, i think about the four little girls in alabama, the civil rights workers that were slain, i'm just wondering, would the president having these relationships with the people that worked with them, if he was somehow influenced seen the reaction of the people who worked for him? >> that is interesting. one case of this came with bill clinton. when he was a teenager in little rock -- little rock, ark., that is when they had that little rock nine. that stayed with him for the rest of his life. h

learning the lessons, thank you, landmarks meet landmarks. the current situation at pioneer park and coit tower is really based in public and private partnership. it was the citizens who came together to buy the land to keep it from being developed. it was lily hitchcock coit to give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side. commissioner mirkarimi: welcome to the san francisco city and county trent titian authority. thank you to sfgtv in their excellence of covering the happenings at city hall. please call roll call. -- transportation authority. >> [roll call] we have a quorum. commissioner mirkarimi: thank you. item two. >> item 2. approval of minutes of may 24, 2011 meeting. this is an action item. commissioner mirkarimi: comments or questions? public comments? public comment is closed. approval of the minutes seconded by commissioner campos, avalos. roll call. >> [roll call] there are nine ayes. commissio

is a must the former capital is bursting full of history and culture so join me as we visit major landmarks and take part in various fun filled activities and we start off here at the spectacular site isaac's cathedral originally the city's main church and the largest cathedral in russia it was built between eighteen eighteen and eight hundred fifty eight a french born architect month around almost two centuries later the gilded do mostly isaac still dominates the skyline of st petersburg a trip to the top provides excellent views of the city coming from the russian capital moscow out team travelled by the fast subsumed train network the journey takes four hours and costs around three thousand five hundred rubles that's roughly one hundred twenty five dollars one way you can see here the location of the city situated to the northwest of russia in the eighteenth century it was piece of the great stream to create a window to your with a vast canal network press taking architecture and palaces that were built to rival who are paying counterparts this vision was well achieved just come here fro

black and female a landmark theatre o >> in san francisco, anne mackovic, cbs5.ur rollercoaster weather continues. jim has the forecast. plus a final curtain on an old friend. san francisco movie lovers sharing one last flick at the red vick. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, tomorrow. the "red vic movie house" is set to lower the curtain for the wners >>> well a landmark theater on haight street will show its final film today. the red vic movie house is set to lower the curtain for the last time. the owners couldn't raise enough money to stay open. one of the collective members remembers the opening of the theater that serves popcorn in wooden bowls. >> we were ahead of the curve for 10 years and slowly fell behind the curve and, unfortunately, we have a very sad good-bye right now. >> when the theater closes its doors there will be just four single h-screen movie houses remaining in san francisco. harold and maude is the final film. >>> the curtain could soon rise on a new apple store. the computer giant wants to build a 23,000 square foot space inside grand central terminal. a

learning the lessons, thank you, landmarks meet landmarks. the current situation at pioneer park and coit tower is really based in public and private partnership. it was the citizens who came together to buy the land to keep it from being developed. it was lily hitchcock coit to give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side. supervisor campos: good afternoon, everyone and welcome to the meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors government audit and oversight committee. my name is david campos. we are joined by supervisor farrell, president chiu will be in and out. he is also serving on the budget committee that is meeting at the same time. we have been joined by supervisor cohen. the clerk of the committee, we want to thank the following staff members. do we have any announcements? >> please turn off ringers on cell phones. allowed a speaker picard and place it to the right of the podium. it will app

and if they hit a landmark of some sort, they don't around it, they go up and over it or they go down a cliff and when you are on one of these roads and you get to the edge of a cliff, you can see that it's easier to go down maybe 20 feet over to your left, but they go right down the cliff. and you look down the cliff and there are stairs carved into the cliff face so that this road stays absolutely straight. my take on this is that out in the desert, the ultimate commodity besides water is visibility. and if you set a line across the desert, you are going to see it from everywhere. every butte top, you are going it look down on this desert and see these bold lines coming across the desert and you know that line goes somewhere. you get on it, you stay on it, and it will lead you to what are called great houses, up it 3 acres in size. these great houses are often aligned in a certain way so that at certain times of year, say summer solstice, light comes through certain windows. i have sat in these at different times of the year and watched this light show start at sunrise where lights

learning the lessons, thank you, landmarks meet landmarks. the current situation at pioneer park and coit tower is really based in public and private partnership. it was the citizens who came together to buy the land to keep it from being developed. it was lily hitchcock coit to give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side.

learning the lessons, thank you, landmarks meet landmarks. the current situation at pioneer park and coit tower is really based in public and private partnership. it was the citizens who came together to buy the land to keep it from being developed. it was lily hitchcock coit to give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side. >> and good evening. welcome to the meeting of the commonwealth club of california. i'm bob, a member of the commonwealth program community and a chair for of tonight's program. i'm also a member of the house of delegates of the american bar association, where it first met steve. this is a series of programs underwritten by the charles gesky family, which examines the constitution in the 21st century. this examines the balance between safety, security, and public order, and the protection of civil liberties and the integrity of the constitution on the other. tonight program will focus on

the desert out there is just a still life with a few landmarks on the horizon and this empty hole, the little colorado river sert, the painted desert, and we were working on a 500-room pueblo dating back to about 1400 ad. i just remember the wind just hailing down on us for days and you would be working down with trowels inside of a trench and if you stop for too long, the sand would start to fill up your hole again because it was blowing so much and everybody was turned away from the wind. so it looked like some kind of religious thing was going on here, all these people bowed to the ground for days and days tinkering with some unimaginable smallness in front of them while the wind just pushed harder and harder, sand blasting across you, filling up all the rooms that you just emptied out as if the desert is rolling back over itself. because even where trails are left, trails disappear out there. nothing stays for too long, even the footprints that last for 7 years eventually disappear. i found something out there that i'd like to read to you. it was a site, an archeological site on th

can give you a tour and not only tell you about the main most popular landmarks. in the usual tour. show you some hidden gems of st petersburg which you won't find a guidebook. on it almost to pull it off. but. please. please this will last about two hours in the money's gone from three thousand five hundred rubles that's around one hundred twenty dollars the tool started as an initiative of a group of bikers who decided that many people's passion to push raising the city's hands tourists interests can be combined.

learning the lessons, thank you, landmarks meet landmarks. the current situation at pioneer park and coit tower is really based in public and private partnership. it was the citizens who came together to buy the land to keep it from being developed. it was lily hitchcock coit to give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side. >> thank you for your patience. i m leader pelosi's district rector in san francisco. i've been with the for about nine years, and we are excited to put on this forum today to help people learn how they can access credit and capital for their small business. click background on some of what was accomplished in the last congress when later closing was speaker of the house. she had had 16 tax cuts signed into law to help small businesses grow and thrive. as we know, during the last 15 years, small businesses account for about 2/3 of the job growth in our country, but when the bush recessio

location and the spectacular view that was offered by this one location with a very significant landmark assemble that marked north beach as one of the great neighborhoods of the world. with much hesitation and out, i also supported eminent domain seizure, and i follow the hearing, listening to the general managers and the library general manager as the talk about the need for open space, that this would be a good fit for the renovation. and three ballot measures of the library -- >> thank you very much. >> the next speaker? once i live in north beach, and i have lived here for 46 years, continuously. i have written to use several times about the legal aspects of eminent domain, and all of the situations -- with the purpose of taking a lot for open space. eminent domain is a serious matter. i have not spoken about this before. they were talking about how much that they would pay him and his partner. i have 17 pages of this, and this is california law. i offer this to you if you wanted. i am waiting for what was promised in 2004. i understand that because of improper notice on this lot, n

landmark theaters is refusing to honor the pass. the test arranged through ticketing companies not theater chains. movie pass had been advertised to start this weekend. >> zinga will be going public, hoping to raise up to $1 billion in an unusual public offering and behind the popular farmville and mafia wars games. the ipo follows offerings by linkedn and pandora. the site groupon has filed to go public soon. and word's first intelligent robot for toddlers for working paernts wanting to keep an eye on kids at home. including a remote controlled video camera and is a toy. toddlers can operate it using picture cards. and it it talks in multiple languages. >> the price is $450. >> sandhya has small kids, wondering why wr she can get one. >> yes. >> a young daily city's girls t >>> new at 6:00 health insurance rates went up for millions today, tonight efforts to give someone the power deny those increases and it's an eye sore. the messy strip that has neighbors demanding action. this is coming up at 6:00. >> and finally here, one of th

the landmark united states supreme court case that eventually ended segregation on all buses within thisntry could not have been achieved without your valiant efforts that began with your testimony against the montgomery public transportation system. i commend you for your passion, courage, and dedication. very few people could have demonstrated the level of conviction you showed at the young age of 15. young people today view you as a role model and as an important figure in the history of the civil rights movement. as united states senator representing the people of california, i commend your outstanding service to this country. i wish you good health and happiness in the years to come. sincerely yours, diane feinstein, united states senator -- dianne feinstein, united states senator." [applause] >> i don't know what to say. i'm so overwhelmed. it really feels good to get some recognition from the politicians and top politicians. i'm glad that i lived to see this day. [applause] and i want to thank all who have made this day possible, including all the people at the library that put th

. >>> a landmark day for the gay rights movement as hundreds of same-sex couples tied the knot in new> i now officially productive you legally married! >> they exchanged vows from niagara falls to long island as the law went into effect. in new york city alone 823 same-sex couples signed up at the clerk's office to get married today. one of the first couples to get married had been together for 23 years. >>> i can't believe the experience. >> we did it in canada for our 20th anniversary but now it's more feengful. now, we can truly take care of each other. >> there were also protests against the new law with opponents calling for a referendum on the issue. new york joined five other states when it voted last month to legalize gay marriage. >> only seems fitting the world's biggest apple store be in the big apple. the proposal to build 23,000 square foot store at grand central terminal that happens to be the world's largest train station. they signed a ten-year deal to open the store. they will review the plan tomorrow and it could be authorized by wednesday. >>> a new plan to preserve

the city and the state landmark, currently we have data that over 300 performances for year. we have city offices on the third floor and fourth floor. currently it is vacant due to damage. from the top of the building to the bottom basement level, there are serious deficiencies. i think that the photograph on the right side shows a portion of the fourth floor. this was one of the beautiful san francisco museum modern art galleries to 95. currently it houses the offices of the law library. closed due to damage. the project does focus on the winds -- the ways of correcting these building efficiencies. now critical to address the safety of building occupants, the portion of the project that is funded by participation focuses on safety. upgrades on improvements and facility preservation for this building. over the last two years the board of trustees has considered and develop a program for the utilization. the board of trustees has accrued capital funds to do upgrades and improvements over and above those funded by the c l p's. an expansion over the hearts theater facility for g

now there's hope it will be a new inspiration for a landmark. new neighborhood. >> because it's a city landmark and listed on the historic register of historic places, we were finding situation to use the magnificent buildings. >> when the property was for sale the community asked me to really be sensitive to potential developers who would make that building be a community resource in the long-term. >> the station and the land around it was purchased in 2005 by a housing developer. the organization has promised to make the old station the center piece of a neighborhood of more than 1200 homes it plans to build. >> i think that when they saw it it was an opportunity to preserve an asset for the community. you know, it's been a while in the making but i think we are ready to move to the next step. >> that next step includes coming up with potential uses for the station and for the grounds. thanks to a hollywood makeover, people will be once again allowed into parts of the building for limited use. hbo used the site for filming of an earnest heming