lake merced boulevard is on the left. there is an embankment in the center of the site, which is where the existing retail store is located. that is about a 30-foot drop from 19th ave. by the time you get to the west side of the neighborhood, there is a total of about a 100-foot drop. it is quite dramatic. this is the existing tower. when you are out there

lake merced boulevard is on the left. there is an embankment in the center of the site, which is where the existing retail store is located. that is about a 30-foot drop from 19th ave. by the time you get to the west side of the neighborhood, there is a total of about a 100-foot drop. it is quite dramatic. this is the existing tower. when you are out there on 19th avenue, you have the sense that you're looking at the tops of those towers. you basically are. you are up at about 100 feet. they are at about 145. >> the other thing that we took note of, the retail part that i mentioned his under ownership -- it is owned by a separate owner. there are plans that we were noticing that the plans called for development on the block and it would create a four-story fabric up against nineteenth ave. what is interesting is that the 65-foot base that we are talking about, by the time you get up to nineteenth avenue, it will be about 35 feet above the high point. the towers that i mentioned in the southeast corner, the view coming in