more penthouse type units into the setbacks. there are plenty of buildings that show that that can be done. there are plenty of them around. i am sure he knows what we're talking about. the owner himself, i attended a couple of meetings in the department talking about the architecture, there were not insisting that the viability of the project depends on the account. there is flexibility in doing this. i am surprised that a much agreed upon comment was not even shown in this particular sense. commissioner olague: i would ask that it come back to us after these revisions are completed to see how our recommendations -- i would like to see, you know, where people take our direction or instructions >> the motion on the floor is to approve this project with the modifications that you mentioned to the project's sponsors to continue working with the staff on design and to -- leave the door alone. it will close by itself. that is not part of the motion. to better transition the project to filbert street. commissioner antonini: aye. comm

it has no rooftop deck or penthouse or rear garden. it is located across the street from the harvey milk recreational center and davey's medical to the south. none of the structures, including the hospital within three story garage north and south towers and physician's offices raise issues or cast shadows on the residential neighbors like those projected to impact lloyd street. however, i believe thoughtful urban planning and effect of design modifications and spatial awareness can mitigate these concerns, embrace diversity in architect tchur and preserve the neighborhood's unique identity. i urge you to give so the r-thought to a long-term solution that we could all get behind. please take discretionary review and limit the height of this proposal to three stories. thank you. >> good evening. my name is janice mitchell. i lived at 49 scott street. for 13 of the 23 years i have ianed 49 scott street, i lived with an architect who frequently spoke to san francisco's very tough requirements to make design changes because the city was de

they have a staircase penthouse. the only one on the block. what we would propose is which they build instead, would they do it is a submerged access to the roof. thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening, commissioners. i live at 34 boyd street and i had been there since 1998. i object to the project as proposed because this is grossly out of scale. this does not meet the residential design guidelines. the project is nearly 50 feet tall with the penthouse. might building is only 32 feet high. i believe that three stores would be better suited to to the community. i want to bring an issue that cannot on the property. here is a few of 35 lloyd street. there are a couple of blue cedars on the front here is the view from the front. this tree has been over print, these are significant trees. the project sponsors came in and they trimmed this tree back so it looks like this. what they have done to the tree is that this is a blue atlas mountains cedar. 28-30 feet tall. according to the arbor, the tree was mutilated. the department of urban forest in

it is a four-story building with a penthouse, roof decks and -- on a very narrow and very steep street. if i play -- they show either side of the street. it will rob the neighborhood. it will rob the character by mass and also by stein. i am directly affected by this building as you will see through these pictures. this is the view of my backyard right now. look through the light and to the sky. and this is -- what it will look like. so, i won't take a lot of your time. we know it is getting late. i'm a banker, i think it it can be made -- economically, financially, vital project with three-story building and which something, which all neighbors can live and be happy with. i constitution for -- thank you for your consideration. thank you. >> sue hester, i'm the attorney for the neighbors. i want to show you this shot which -- which shows the -- the breadth of support. every person here that is blue has sent a letter in the packet. so -- they're all numbers. this is the green space we're talking about. it is very unusual to have a large green space like this, in this & and it is 130 yea

the penthouse and everything on top. it is a huge enormous building in the context of much smaller and shorter buildings. it is not so much -- if it was just the fourth floor, that would be one thing but then the penthouse on top makes it look giant. and then the issue on a brand through building is exactly. it is a stand ashed lot size is 25 by 100 feet. if you had an unusual lot size, it would be -- i would napped but because it is not furble hot size and technically variances are sufficiently granted in exceptional and extraordinary circumstances as well. i think you do have a -- there's an issue here that the building is designed that way. so, those are the issues that i have. i don't want to redesign the inside of your building, if not, that's not my job. my job is just the footprint of the building but right now the matching of the building, it makes the building overwhelm the street and the neighborhood and the the context of this. so i don't have the best suggestion on how we fix that, but i would say that you kn

there are new cylindrical enclosures above the roof and one would be on the east side of the penthouse. a new agreement cabinet will be located on the rooftop and a new gps antenna will be located on a new mount. the project sponsor has indicated that the preparation of the new site in this geographic area. the proposed will -- this is part of the plan. the project sponsor will provide more information. i do have some good copies. this plan was submitted to the planning department. today, the planning department has not received any letters or phone call. they're recommending approval with conditions. this is consistent with the 1996 facilities siting guidelines. the project site is a location preference for a preferred location. this concludes my presentation and i'm happy to answer any questions. >> think you. -- thank you. >> project sponsor. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am the project sponsor for clear wire. i would like to say thanks to staff. i really appreciate all of the hard work. clear wire is a new wireless internet service provider in the process of launching a neigh

. -- penthouse on top. commissioners antonini and olague also spoke out about their concerns about the fourth floor. consequently the fourth floor was removed. again on the same block we have 733 27th avenue and that -- avenue that added a third floor and the third floor was reduced. thank you very much. president miguel: thank you. speakers in favor of the d.r. >> good evening. my name is jean. i'm the other d.r. requester. i live at 711 27th avenue. another historic e.e. young building which has been in my family for over 60 years. the home was built in 1912. it's almost 100 years old. in addition to the issues that were raised by the previous speaker, i'd like to point out a few others that are of concern to us. the first is a reiteration of the issue regarding whether or not this is a demolition -- a de facto demolition. if you look again at -- i'm sorry, i don't have it. but if you consider the drawings that she showed you, it appears likely that this would be considered a de facto demolition, especial

this is considerably further than the rooftop and the penthouse roof deck. this is the view that you can see from the street. because of the steepness of the street, the entire building is completely visible. this is nothing to resolve the issues on the height of the building. the fourth floor and the penthouse are clear the planning department in their review never once addressed the fact that we have an additional street. they have applied this to the same guidelines that they would apply to anywhere else. the neighbors believe that this would be appropriate. this is taken from these exchange you as the steps down the street. the second thing i want to address is how this will impact our life. this is going to be 27 feet above the windows on our living in the whim -- on our living windows. you can see the relative height of the two buildings at how much taller they will be we have asked them to match our 100% which they have refused to do. half of the window will be covered completely by their building. we think that this will have a significant impact. we

-- three panels and one equipment -- the remaining installation will be on the east side of the penthouse. all of this is designed to match the existing buildings. [inaudible] and here it is looking west. the existing configuration with the sprint and tena and the additional antenna. this is looking west. this is the existing antenna on the corner of the building and the proposed clear wire which you can barely see on the penthouse. the existing coverage for the laurel heights area is nonexistent. this is a new carrier. that would be the proposed coverage if this was to be built. thank you for your time. i'm also available if you have questions. >> is there any public comment on this item? public comment is closed. >> i would like to ask the director, we are in the middle of a more comprehensive plan regarding coverage. we have many of these have applications had continued. many of these fit into the same discussions because they are only continuing on the first discussions. >> i'm not aware of a plan we are doing. i think commissioner sugaya asked for clear wire on the coverage plans. th

the founder of penthouse magazine has died at the age of 79. a statement was issued by his family and he died after a long battle with cancer. "penthouse" was billed as a magazine of sex, politics and protests. it had a circulation of almost 6 million during its heyday. a reminder of our main news, great britain announced its biggest spending cuts in decades. if federal appeals court ruled the u.s. may temporarily reinstate the ban on openly gay men and women serving in the armed forces. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> there is one stage that is the met and carnegi

i'm not really sure why the third floor has to be -- have that additional penthouse floor above it. if these are supposed to be units for the two members to have and it looks like, though, they have two bedrooms. conceivably it could be as many as four bedrooms, depends on if the windows can be provided in what's called the computer room and the study-library. i don't believe they have windows at this time. they might have to redesign that. and two bathrooms. in any case, i think it's quite conceivable that each of these unit could be three bedroom, two bath, which would be identical units. i don't really see the need to have the additional floor. so i would make a motion that we take the d.r., approve the project with the three floors. president miguel: is there a second? no is there a second? >> ok, the motion dies. president miguel: commissioners. commissioner moore: is the architect here to talk about that? >> yes. the reason for the second master bedroom on the top is for the project sponsor. he and his wife will live on the top floor. and the family of the two sons will live i

. -- penthouse could not accommodate a family. any suggestion that the setback be 5 feet along side the property line will destroy that bedroom. we are not even speaking about loss of a view. the window looks into tha wall. any potential aboutloss of light, we are talking about a couple of hours in the morning, in december. i think the staff recommendation in that regard is correct. there is no loss of view at all. a loss of light in the morning hours of december. this is when you are talking about adding a full-bedroom unit. my client was willing and offered the client where they had a genuine concerns about light in her kitchen. she was not interested in commendation. i do not know why. with respect was sidewalk, i do not fanfare as an issue. i think the staff was correct in noting that because the sidewalk was 22 feet wide, feisty about this thought: to be the end of the world. -- 5 feet out is not going to be the end of the world. we are only talking about adding one additional continue that. -- renting unit. >> speakers in fa

. >> you did penthouse? >> i did penthouse, yes. >> i think that it is different for women. think there's a big double standard in how we are treated verses men. >> you believe you are being judged how? >> i deal with this every day of my life as long as the good lord allows me to be on this earth. >> are you embarrassed by it? >> i might have done things better if i had 2020 eye sig 20. people don't know me personally. >> what we know about you we like. >> why should she be embarrassed? shouldn't it be him? >> he was married at the time. >> as far as how many million people here in the state and much like eliot spitzer who was responsible for 18 plus million people. >> i think it's ridiculous that he be put in any position to have any input over what people are thinking. americans believe in redemption which is great but you cannot be redeemed unless you have first been punished. >> he lost the governorship. >> he is the chief executive officer of the state who committed a crime. what precedence does that keep in new york. what do you think happened since then? >> they are

viscous -- and penthouse would not be translucent. this project is. >> can you speak to the question that i had asked the permit holder about the configuration on the kitchen on the plans that were withdrawn and those that have been improved. >> i have not been out to the deck itself, i went to the surrounding locations and to look at the view from the public space. i did take some photos from the roof. i can put one on the overhead. what to they have said in terms of the rotation of the kitchen -- the cabinetry on the west side, but the building department has been not location and says that this has matched the approved plans. this is built according to the plans. >> can you bring that picture down and build it? you were pointing at the green. >> yes, that is from the same area. this is impossible to tell if this is at a different angle or if this has been rotated to to be parallel to union street or perpendicular to union street. >> that is their reason because it looks like it matches the withdrawn plans. >> i believe that she sai

we completely removed the roof penthouse which made for more complicated structural issues. the claims of the loss of light was confusing to me since states sought a variance for an illegal act that extends into the space. the request for sought my support and asked that i write a letter despite the fact that it casts a shadow and their backyard and reduces our privacy. out of respect, i gave them a letter. less than a year later, we submitted a proposal that did not require variantce. the request is to capture much more light if they removed the deck for which they sought a variance. we wanted them to be able to have some indirect warning light and hear the sounds of the neighborhood coming from the street. over the course of the last few months, we have gone door to door to keep the neighbors to address any concerns they had. support was overwhelmingly positive. as is evidenced by the many letters of support and opposition. i respect -- i request that the commission not approve it. president miguel: additional speakers? you have a two-minute rebuttal. >> thank you, preside

and felt advice lose a big difference between someone who writes a piece for a magazine and owns a penthouse and barrel in and waters the sunset with it at last and sparkling wine and writes a nice article about multicultural living together on the last remaining german tenant in the building complex who doesn't understand the language that spoken there and he can't talk at the noise any longer and he feels like a foreigner in his own country i can just give a piece of advice take those people who are not serious but i. can dish bluff and garnish would agree that there is a growing nationalist sentiment in the country no. so don't you think that it's more of an effort on both sides to deal with this tolerance. and actually there is a strong feeling of less of this and then when you've got a huge number of the population agreeing with statements that have very strong statements by people like the los rosen we've heard saying that muslims are dumbing down the country why does that have such great support after i have to i have to beg you. not mix of nationalism and patriotism not a nationalist

and felt about it's a big difference between someone who writes a piece for a magazine and owns a penthouse and barrel in and waters the sunset with a glass of sparkling wine and writes a nice article about multicultural living together and the last remaining german tenant in the building complex who doesn't understand the language that spoken there and he can't talk with the neighbors any longer and he feels like a foreigner in his own country i can just give a piece of advice to take those people's wearing it seriously but i. can laugh and garnished. agree that there is a growing nationalist sentiment in the country no. so don't you think that that's more than i thought on both sides to deal with this tolerance issue and that there is a strong feeling of yes it's a man when you've got a huge number of the population agreeing with statements that have very strong statements by people like the last two hours and we've heard saying that muslims are dumbing down the country why does that have such great support elsewhere have to i have to beg you cordially but one should not mix up nationalis

. >> reporter: "jacques" may never be as big as "hustler" or "penthouse" or make as much money as a big porn studio like vivid. but they're relatively demure promotional videos draw about a million clicks each and demand for the magazine is quickly rising. proof that there is a market for skin with standards. >> reporte >> it's just a little too vulgar. and as a woman, i'm a little upset. it's like, we don't need to be doing a lot of the things they are doing online or to be sexy to a man. >> reporter: how do you decide where to draw the line editorially? what's too sexy? >> there is a line. >> there is. we don't really want to see too much anatomy. i think that can really make it vulgar, a lot of -- we don't do spread legs, we just -- we won't. >> reporter: retired fashion model danielle is the editor in chief of "jacques." >> can you go, just, a little more, there. >> reporter: jonathan, her photographer husband, uses only old fashioned untouched film. to fill in the spaces between articles they admit are a work in progress. all of their fledgely success comes from semi-nude models ca

. >>> penthouse founder bob guccione has died. he started the magazine in 1959 challenging playboy in the adult entertainment market. pented house, including full frontal nudity was billed as the magazine of sex, politics and protests. he died wednesday at a texas hospital following a long battle with lung cancer. bob guccione was 79 years old. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" a mixed morning for asian stocks. ashley morrison is in new york with the latest on that. good morning. >> good morning to you, betty. most asian markets saw an early rebound before ending with losses japan's nikkei was down just a fraction slipping to its lowest close in three weeks. hong kong's hang seng was also lower. >>> today, wall street gets a look at the weekly jobless claim numbers. wednesday, stocks rallied wiping out nearly all of tuesday's losses the dow jones 129 points while the nasdaq gained 20. >>> americans are still keeping their wallets closed tight according to a new survey by citigroup. consumers plan to further cut back discretionary spendi

lobby on the ground floor, and a new stair penthouse and roof deck. the project is not intended to provide transitional or subsidized low income housing. as provided under the residential hotel conversion and demolition ordinance, 23 of the 46 residential hotel rooms are replacement rooms required by the removal of 23 residential hotel rooms from 235 o'farrell street which is also before the commission today. group house something a permitted use in the e.r. zoning district and for planning code section 134, the subject property is required to maintain a rear yard of nearly 19 feet at the second and third floors. however, the existing building covers the entire lot and provides no rear yard. therefore, the project is also subject to the granting of a rear yard variance by the zoning administrator. the existing building was built 1906 and was previously used primarily as a hostel. the building contains a commercial unit on the ground floor at the corner with claire street that is not part of this project. the entire building has been vacant since the f

"penthouse" owner bob guccione has passed away after a battle with lung cancer.f millions of dollars in bad business deals. and he took a bigger financial hit with the onslaught of free online pornography. guch yanni was 75 years old. >>> in baseball playoff, one team saves itself from elimination while another gets closer to it. here's adnan virk at espn news. >> good morning. the san francisco giants looking to move within one win of their first n.l. pennant in eight years, as they take on the philadelphia phillies, looking to take a 3-1 series lead. one that's been a riveting nlcs thus far. bruce bochy, important to this contest. top of the eighth, phillies leading 5-4. runner on second for jason rook. he doubles to left. ryan howard scores. the game's tied at 5-5. bottom of the ninth. buster posey at the plate. runner on first. off roy oswalt. the starter brought in in relief. aubrey huff, the throw on the play. a nice slide to keep the ball in front of him, at least. the next water is juan uribe, who has struggled mightily. he sends a fly ball to deep left.

. >>> the white house became the penthouse for one night.t was bathed in a class night in honor of breast cancer awareness month. vice president's home was also lit in pink. >> gorgeous. >>> 74:48. time for traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> the rain is gone, but now we have a nice fall weekend. >> a great fall weekend. last weekend it was literally like june. this weekend -- like october. that is what we can expect. the camera that faces the bay at sunrise -- east of chesapeake beach, where it is currently 40 degrees. low 40's there along the water. look at that -- a few scattered clouds in the sky. and there is from the top of our building looking east into the district. 50 degrees in the district at children's hospital. we had 1.3 inches of rain there, an impressive rainfall accumulation. alexandria as well. anywhere from the low 40's to low 50's. burke had just under an inch, germantown a little bit less. a little break in the cloud cover right at sunrise that we are anticipating, but off to the west of us we have some areas of rai

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guccione once claimed that "penthouse ""earned $4 billion during his reign.tens of millions in bad business deals. bob guccione was 79 years old. >> its ill a loss of an icon no joke intended, he did change the way things were done in terms of those kind of magazines. >> no doubt. >> your weather, stormy in west texas and hail the size of golf ball. rain from mexico to neff hef. windy with showers around detroit, pittsburgh, cleveland, buffalo and new york. >>> boston and new york city hover around 60-degree mark and noefrs cliems to 83. 50s in the twin cities, fargo and indianapolis, 64 in seattle, 71 in billings and 68 in colorado springs. >>> she has barbie doll good looks but may give g.i. joe a run for his money. >> a power packed right arm, 120 pounds the 14-year-old is an accomplished arm wrestler. and she just earned a spot as one of only two americans heading the arm wrestling world championship. >> molly's dad is out of work so she's selling candy and trying to come up with other ways to raise money for her trip. talk about having it all, beauty, br

it goes like "playboy,"" hos -- hos leer" "penthouse." >> the most famous is celebrity soup. >> you were in all of the lurid stuff. >> technically these were the only jobs i could get. >> you had another great job "pee wee's play house." >> it sounds cool now, but it was terrible. paid terrible. >> how was pee wee? >> he was funny. i never talked to him. well i did once. he walked by and said, hey, do you know where the bathroom is? i said -- that's the extend of. it i was there the day he showed up. the day he showed up the first day he looked like his mug shop. all of the animaters say, let's play "tequilla" and he will love us. he steps off the elevator and looked like charles mann son and walked out of the room. >> when ever you hear about that you always -- >> i loved him for that. he shut them down. >> i have a lot of questions. i also have to ask you about directing "csi: miami." that's the response i expected. >> longest two weeks of my life. >> david carusso, what was that like? >> not easy. >> so honest. >> i will be honest, i started off enthusiastic. by the last day i wouldn'