mr. appleton - i gota ch f arctes try solve the oblem, and we have e etrouble the library architect had. it is h figurou wefinallt it when rembed when there wasa il und the ouvre one of my clsmatesuta buildi uer the palace of the legion of honor. when i got that in my hand i triedto put an honestibrary underath this lovy building anyou caput a bigger library under their th more exndability, more light and moeverything that y can by doing what isessentiallyn obsolete building on e ying "--a triale. westartedtudying what is changing inibraries and, beeve me ha iangul ibry is bsolete fo iis buil >> things were said before, and i gng tstic to y script. ile e k fr the north aclibrary. ie been there for 25 years and i wish to s that i am aly in vor oflandmarng it. herere some of the reasons indepeen historians and e anning deparen concur tt the northeach ibas high achitectu storical and cultural significance andhas the hig integrity of all of the applican. the north beach library egible or t nati register ostoric places and e califora regist of historial esourcesa l as themacally relatedmultip

mr. appleton -- i got a bunch of architects to try to solve the problem, and we have the same trouble thelibrary architect had. it is hard to figure out. we finally hit it when i remembered when there was a building under the louvre. one of my classmates put a building under the palace of the legion of honor. when i got that in my hand, i tried to put an honest library underneath this lovely building, and you can put a bigger library under their with more expandability, more light, and more everything that you can by doing what is essentially an obsolete building on the trying " -- on a triangle. we started studying what is changing in libraries, and, believe me, that triangular library is obsolete before it is built. >> things were said before, and i am going to stick to my script. i live one block from the north beach library. i have been there for 25 years and i wish to state that i am hardly in favor of landmarking it. here are some of the reasons. independent historians and the planning department concur that the north beach library has high architectural, historical, and cultural si