mr. teague say there was no objections to it. i know that i certainly called mr. teague. i emailed mr. teague my concerns about it. the concept that there is no neighborhood opposition seems a little baffling to me, thank you. >> my name is adam hole come and i'm a resident. erika who spoke earlier, we bought the place together recently. it wasn't easy. it was a five-month escrow. we had to switch lenders in the middle of it and now we're dealing with this big wall. the first thing that we did when we received the keys was to have a party to meet our new neighbors. we were relieved that our presumptions were correct that our neighbors are friendly, compassionate, intelligent, and successful members of the community. so we felt right at home. now we're dealing with construction that affects us all. i don't want to look out my window and see a looming new wall. i don't want my sliver of the san francisco sideline to disappear. i learned a long time ago about sharing. it's a childhood lesson to learn and it's compromises that builds communities. i would like to think i can empathize and un

mr. teague said. the area is zoned service light industrial. as i have argued, that doesn't justify the allowing of new construction that would severely diminish the uses and liveability of a pre-existing use. our status in the neighborhood is grandfathered in. we were there first. before the zoning was adopted, i'm pretty sure. it's a severe setback to the liveability of these units and i don't want to get into an argument about values, but the collective decrease of value of our units in our building substantially outweighs any -- necessity possible benefit the developer is going to have. secondly, i don't know what your policy is on this. this is a registered national landmark. a member of your staff has already commented to me that it's of historical interest in san francisco. it's where the stage sets were made for all of the silent movies during the 1920's. it's a very important building. it's true new construction is behind the building. but we don't think there ought to be any additional desecration to the building. the past buildings w