in our case, mr emerson has no relationship with the prior owners nor any responsibility for the current shape of the lot i would like to share my time with louis butler who will talk about the design and the sighting and address some of the other issues. thank you. >> clear the doorway, please. thank you. >> good evening, commissioners commissioners. i am the architect for the home of. i will respond to the proposal first that you are just shown to be 11 seconds. this plenty of seats. please take a seat. >> i will respond first to the proposal that you are just shown by the other architect. by noting that the two buildings that formed the compounds that he referred to, and were specifically built by descendents of the family, two sisters in a 1939 and 1940 and they were designed by an extremely important architect. they were highlighted in the film or in the last six months. they have been one of the five most important houses in pacific heights along with four other beautiful houses. it is a two house compound and one of the houses is divided into two units. not only are these historic