the public park in landscaped commons, and the effort to reconnect the city streets to the waterfront. spur strongly believes of the project will radically improve the pedestrian experience on the western side of the embarcadero. pedestrians are currently met with the high green cents. the current use does nothing to activate the importance street frontage and attract significantly from the pedestrian experience. i am member of the golden gate way tennis and swim club. i am headed there to slam today, and also looking forward to the improvements this project will make. spur and i will support this important project. thank you. >> thank you. next. >> good afternoon, commissioner. corrine woods, speaking for myself. this is a good project, good for the poor, good for the city. the publicly accessible open spaces marvelous. opening it up to pacific and jackson streets to views and pedestrians is a tremendous benefit for this neighborhood. and for the city. i urge you to support it. thank you. >> thank you. jon stewart. >> thank you for your attention. i am -- in my business life, i am in

commons is perhaps the most urban of these. it is a pedestrian way through the project, from west to east and from east to west. it carries the fluid language of the landscaping, which pete walker's firm established at sydney walton. it allows pedestrians passage and use where there are currently none. retail in three places. the cafe and retail space. a larger one to the right. and then the club kept a to the north. opportunities for indoor/outdoor seating and retail uses there. and then the club itself to the north, the aquatics center, is screened from the public, but in a way that we think will allow glimpses in and at least a sense of openness while preserving privacy. here is the existing conditions, looking towards the embarcadero on jackson street. a very unfortunate terminus for one of the city's interest in historical streets. and here is the idea what the jackson commons might look like. you get to the four-story portion of the residential project on the right. there is a residential garden below that low screen wall with a flower injury behind it. then a recreational club to the left with the cafe and indoor/outdoor seating. the second of these ba

landscape for the locals it's a disaster. another strange phenomenon here is the wild horses which are not frightened of humans trailblazers originally brought common russian horses along with stumpy want from your committee. over the years the two bred together resulting in these grey handsome animals with a distinctive stripe running down their spines. this new breed boasts the impressive build of their russian ancestors and the ability to find food on the snow thanks to their jacket heritage. wild horses are another thing that people of heard about it but have never seen them as for the bear and see there's a lot of magic in it. that. the banshee to mention is tim a favor goes ins favorite tourist destination this time he's accompanied by his fourteen year old son. clearing obstacles is all part of the tour a touch of activity in an otherwise meditative journey. it's rare that you find a car i'd hear the terrain around is so rugged that even a four by four can't get to some places on the up side this means that the peninsula has so far been spared the rush of people attracted by rich fishing areas and the splendor the landscape the capital the n

landscape going to be affected by this decision? so i think there's a lot of other factors than common sense, but clearly that is a variable that is considered in these first impression cases. >> i like that question. somebody once said that the law is common sense as amended by the legislature. [laughter] and i don't think, kirsten, you're asking us to say that we're not a common sense court, but we do use common sense. on cases of first impression, for example be, we've decided, the court of appeals of the state of new york, decides gps about two years ago. what we did is decided under our new york state constitution so we wouldn't have to be confused by what happened later on in washington. [laughter] and we said you do need a warrant, and that we -- but it was, it was a question of first impression for us. but you, obviously, i mean, we all have our constitutions, etc., that we work on. and it's kind of fun at that time because it's when all seven on our court are digging in on these issues. we did gay marriage not too long ago, and they're very spirited, and it's really an enjoyable thing. and, of course, we borrow from our federal cour

landscape going to be affected by this decision? so i think there's a lot of other factors in common sense, but clearly that if the variable considered in these first impression cases. >> i like that question. someone once said that the love, and sense as amended by the legislature. [laughter] and i don't think kirsten, you're asking us to say we are not a common sense court, but we do use common sense. i'm cases of first impression, for example, we decided gps about two years ago. what we did is decided under new york state constitution so we would not have to be confused by what might happen later on in washington. and we said you do need a warrant. but it was a question of first impression for us. are you obviously -- mean, we all have constitutions et cetera that we work on. and it is kind of fun at that time because it is when all seven on our court are digging in on these issues. we did gay marriage not to undergo and they are very spirited and it's really an enjoyable thing and of course we borrow from our federal courts in college course around the country when and if we can. >> now that we have the internet in so many ways o

landscape? has the internal log check going to be affected by this decision? i think there's a lot of other fact are some common sense but clearly that is a variable considered in these first impression cases. >> somebody once said the lat is common sense as amended by the legislation. [laughter] and i don't think you're asking us to say we are not a common sense court, but we do use common sense. on cases of first impression, we've decided gps about two years ago what we did is under new york state constitution so he wouldn't have to be to use by what might happen later on in washington. we said you do need a warrant. but it was a question of first impression for us. but obviously we all have in our constitution, et cetera that we work on. it is kind of fun at that time because it is with all seven on our court or digging in on these issues. we did manage not to long ago and they are very spirited a