remember on the roof of the emporium at christmas time, you see rights, and i had that same sense at maclaren lodge. what made me so happy was to see so many children and families, and those are our kids, our families, san franciscans who are raising their kids here, and we do that for them. i just want to commend you, and i want to thank you very much. commissioner lee: i want to echo what commissioner levitan said. tom harrison also went to the employee holiday party earlier this week and had a great time, and it was very rewarding to talk to the employees and how excited they are, particularly under the general managers leadership, all the praise is that his employees keep upon him at this very happy event. i have one item for commissioners matters to consider. a number of people in chinatown come to me about an idea to build a stage. maybe the general manager has heard about this. at the portsmouth square mezzanine area. they often have events there, and each time, organizers have to actually read a stage to be put in. the idea would be perhaps to build a stage akin to what the japanese t

what would maclaren do? i did some research and found out. there is a great book here, san francisco's golden gate park. it turns out that when john mclaren was in a situation where powerful interests wanted to go to the western half of the park and put in modern facilities for the good of the community, he said no. he fought them, and he won. that is why the 1915 pan pacific international exposition was built out of the marina and not at golden gate park. there are other examples, too, from the smoke. there are other examp-- from th. he wants to block this, but he doesn't have an environmental impact report. he tried to figure out how to block this, and by then, the city engineer and people were saying, trains are good for the park, people need them and there aren't that many trees and plants along the route any way. he storms and the city hall and says, her of this project proceeds, plants and shrubs will have to be built up along the route because he is a scottish. the advisers had to go out and see who is right. they get out and they see

eir needs to look at not just sites around golden gate park and the western part of the city but maclaren and other parts of the city as well. another thing i think and commissioner antonini pointed it out. the potential for the use of the site for other activities other than athletic events. i do not know how the eir deals with that oregon has to do with that. their response to my comment i am sure will tell me whether that is a legitimate concern or not. as we now, any funds based in golden gate park seems to

eir needs to look at not just sites around golden gate park and the western part of the city but maclaren and other parts of the city as well. another thing i think and commissioner antonini pointed it out. the potential for the use of the site for other activities other than athletic events. i do not know how the eir deals with that oregon has to do with that. their response to my comment i am sure will tell me whether that is a legitimate concern or not. as we now, any funds based in golden gate park seems to be ripe for events other than athletic events. you can be sure there will move in if it is available. what is the other one? outside land? i do not know if that is a legitimate part of the area are as analysis but i raise that as a question. i might have of the things i submit in writing. that is it for now. vice president miguel: you look at the west end of the park and you hear terms such as pastoral and wildwood park land -- wild, wooded park land. it did not design soccer fields and i do not think mcclaren did either. at least to my knowledge. what happened roughly 80 years ago

eir needs to look at not just sites around golden gate park and the western part of the city but maclaren and other parts of the city as well. another thing i think and commissioner antonini pointed it out. the potential for the use of the site for other activities other than athletic events. i do not know how the eir