getting new staircase, the only internal chimney coming out, that almost will certainly lead the building department to require a full upgrade for all the codes in terms of title 24 and so forth. we requested demolition calculations. we received the -- the ones that you do with the 317 tantamount to demolition. however, there were -- there are three sixections of that code, y one of which if exceeded means demolition. so we hired an architect by the name of mike grevalia. and if you look at page two, he has done a quick review and has found at least two thirds of the interior walls are being removed, and that would trigger under 317 b-2-a, that would trigger a demolition. so i would go back to our 1-cr to allow us to really know what's happening at the planning stage. number two, in terms of the cutout at the back of the house, if you would turn to. >> president hillis: it means you have 30 seconds. >> all right. [inaudible] >> what wasn't advertised in the 311 notice is that this area goes away. we rely on two windows, only two windows into our bedroom here, and that gives us light and a

the project includes widening the existing second floor roof deck and adding a spiral staircase to a new square-foot roof deck on the scope third floor. there is no change to the building footprint or increase in building height. briefly, the d.r. requester concerns are that the proposed addition will block for property line windows, blocking light and air. it will allow unobstructed views into homes and that the large deck can accommodate large groups of people, thereby having increased noise. there is no other public comments received during the 311 or d.r. notice. the project was reviewed by the residential design advisory team they advise of the case does not demonstrate an exceptional and extraordinary circumstance. the project is compatible with the residential design guideline in dutch the neighbouring property line windows are not protected and the proposed roof deck is set back from the adjacent property. they recommend abbreviated d.r. this concludes staff presentation. >> president hillis: thank you , very much. d.r. requester? welcome. >> i live at 2734 buchanan street. i'm a

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staircase going down and these wild fabrics and mirrors and shag carpeting. it‘s a race for luxury that continues on big jets to this day. there were even newht hugh back to london‘s heathrow with al bridger, british airways‘ top 747 pilot. slightly different to what you‘re used to? this is a big change, of course. flatbed seats. american and most asian carriers have retired the 747 for smaller fuel—efficient craft, but ba revamped these even larger modern ones for five more years. so, this is where you want to come and see, hugh, the flight deck? yes. it's all screens, whereas we had clockwork instruments. it wasn‘t all clockwork. boeing had installed space age autopilot, but the british didn‘t trust it, so put in their own sextants, the things used by sail ships to read the stars. the first three jumbos of the boac had sextants in case the automatic navigation didn't work. is that right? it was used in the apollo project. we would go down a corridor, and on the right would be all the apollo astronauts, those aircrafts because they were going to the moon, and on the other side of the corridor, would be the jumbo, because it was the same sy

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news at 5... we're taking a look at the hidden history of our heritage. after the break, we'll take you to a historic church... with a legendary staircasestery.. (jr) here in the west we are multi cultural ... from food, to the arts, to traditions ... and faith. this week we celebrate hispanic heritage... with stories hidden in our history. tonight we go to new mexico.. where a religion plays an important role in the hispanic community.. and a church based legend too beautiful to ignore. among the world-renowned legends in new mexico is the loretto chapel in santa fe. richard lindsley ÷ curator, loretto chapel museum says :"it gives me great pleasure to talk about this to anyone who comes to visit us. "the chapel, which was built in 1878, was in dire need of a staircase above the choir loft. after 9 days of prayer, a mysterious carpenter looking for work. months later, a grand spiral staircase was built and its carpenter had disappeared. legend has it, it was the patron saint of carpentry, joseph himself that answered the sisters' prayers.richard lindsley ÷ curator, loretto chapel museum says: " i believe that it was definitely the work