howard lazar. >> if you look at the map once again, the photographs, there is already an existing muni stop just beyond market street near the maritime museum and across from jura delhi -- ghiradelli square. >> howard lazar. >> thank you for this opportunity. i am the director of the street artist program for the artist commissioned for the last 30 years. i have been working with these people and have seen this program grow. it is amazing. street artists by law have to make and sell what they make. the cannot import their stuff. it is a cottage industry. if they get adversely impacted by a boarding platform, they lose business. it not only hurts them. it hurts their spouses, their kids, and their significant others. they cannot go wherever they want to go. these spaces are given to them by the board of supervisors, designated by resolution. they have had them for nearly 40 years. i am practically begging you to consider moving that. there are wonderful opportunities to move it to eliminate the traffic hazard situation. you know all about beach street and hyde street, a congested that i

one evening in new york we had a mutual friend, a kind of legendary figure by the name of some key lazaro was a great agent. he had invited me to dinner. it turned out he had also invited frank's wife. frank was going to arrive later. no, my god. what is this going to be like. sinatra came and sat down and lifted me and said to mckay, watch you every morning. he said, i have tickets for my concert. he turned on the charm. of course i was instantly seduced by all of that. >> did you go? >> he did not know which ones to want to show up. when the goodwin showed up he was absolutely wonderful. >> you went to the concert. >> i did not, but i have another occasion later. he made one of his greatest nbc because we had the best facilities. the audio wizard who worked in d.c. and break in those days and said, stick around tonight. it will be around 2:00 a.m., but you will want to hear this. i went to the south station way in the back where no one could see me. break came in at 2:00 in the morning. i saw. he worked with the orchestra and the score in he worked. he was all business, the model focus

and his standing on the fourth of august, the flying debt of 110 for lou -- phil lazar. hit the door and a voice-over, for better and a small library, a de-stalinization system on the boat. he's up on the flying debt. a hedge fund manager, paul going bad. about zero weeks and a half before everyone starts. this guy, the hedge fund guide is cursing into the phone. and robert wolfe, adviser to obama, really, a contributor, he ran a lot of the wall street money raising for obama. he sees it and goes up to the flying deck of this boat, a deck at the top with the little pool on it. he calls obama on his birthday. an income of their friends. he's as happy birthday, and men. they chat for a minute. just call on his birthday. then he says to me know, i have not been an adviser to you. i've been a contributor and friend. he have to see what i'm seeing from here. we have a market driven disaster coming. it is a once-in-a-lifetime event that will change everything. and he lays it out for him and play speak, but quite brilliantly. obama's sees, he gets a glimpse of the future on his

emilio lazar no is hosting the national book awards. after tonight i will believe anything.ut not my actual hosting duties by chance the first person i will introduce tonight is himself a former host of this event with far more impressive credits than mine. he is the author of some 36 critically acclaimed books, including the best-selling mystery series featuring easy rawlings. his work has been translated into 23 languages, and includes literary fiction, science fiction, political monographs, and even a young adult novel. he is the winner of numerous awards, including the zero henry, a grammy, and ten america's lifetime achievement award. to present the literary award for outstanding service for the american literary community, it gives me great pleasure to introduce and welcome walter mosley. [applause] [applause] >> you know, the major job of introducing anyone is to be really short and also to talk around them. i was a rendering earlier today, somebody had to this new ones. the first thing they said is i was born in st. louis. there were born in st. louis. talked about t

evening here in new york we had a mutual friend, a kind of legendary figure by the name of swifty lazareas a great agent and swifty had invited me to dinner and it turns out he had also invited frank's wife and then frank was going to arrive later. i said my god, what is this going to be late? and i'm not sure can come and sat down and looked at me and said kid, i watch you every morning. i was doing the today show at the time. he said i got tickets for my concert if you want to come. he turned on the charm and of course i was instantly seduced by all of that because he didn't know which one is going to show up. but he was absolutely wonderful. >> i had another occasion later where he made one of his greatest problems with juan carlos and he made at nbc because we had the best sound facilities and audio wizard who worked at nbc came to me because he knew i liked sinnott trip and said stick on tonight. it's going to be about 2:00 in the morning, but you want to hear this. i went to the sound station when the back where no one could see me and frank came in at 2:00 in the morning and i saw