you would walk into the property, they would use those stairs. what had been a condition of approval was that this opening remained and that there was an easement on 1271 that they would maintain access and maintain use at the front of the stairs. >> i will stop you right there. the previous owners estimated that area and demolished that staircase in that historic porch and what not. then what happens. >> if they were to pursue the previously approved project, then those would have been rebuilt and there would have been access there. >> the demolition of those was not under consideration. they were meant to stay put. >> there was access through an easement. i don't know if it was specified that any existing stairs must retain. >> will we rebuild them? >> access would be provided and it did not specify how that would be divided and whether or not desisting stairs would be contained. >> you have answered my question. thank you. >> i think that this board asks very difficult questions. >> mr. sanchez, we are not done yet. the project as presented in

. >> the stairs that are accessed to the property. >> you walked up these stairs and then there would be an opening. you walk up to these properties and then further up the stairs, during the excavation, these astaires were demolished. there had been in easement at this point. when the property was under the ownership, it was expressed by the property owners. now the project has been at the front of the rear. access of this property is provided on this property. you might have to provide for access from another property. >> if you can put up exhibit b which to show is the proposed -- then you can show how one access of the rear unit. >> >> there is more conditions than just that one. >> there were numerous other conditions that restricted the development. this was basically just the commission the. they are usually presented a project which is different from what they want. in their decisions, they provide guidance. the commission has looked at this again and under the building permits, they approved a new project which really wipes away any previous conditions that they opposed on th

instead of combining stairs and minimizing stairs because we are being confronted with the family where we're told that there would be elderly and handicapped people who have -- who have difficulties moving up and downstairs, i would assume that concentrating, common stairs, with perhaps an elevator on four stories would be a building which would be much more suitable to the intent of how the family represents its case. again i'm all interested in multi-family. i'm all interested in this family to really find the home of their dreams. i do believe that the architectures in front of us is not meeting the challenge or is anything i can approve as it is in front of me. we can perhaps -- yeah. >> continue the project. i don't think i have a time limit on my speaking. i think we can continue the project. we have worked with this architect before. asked him to really create a unit or a -- or a combination of units which really expresses the

how can they not stair.rms and legs, pieces of torso scattered, the smell of new death and feared hair. they must be asking the same question. a person who blows themselves up must believe in something. must believe in something or else not. hopelessness degreesed in apnigzs, righteousness disguised in a tuxedo of death much the children don't understand. i being of the dead dying man the bleeding bystanders who left to buy cheese or tobacco. in car bombs suicide bombs and we keep talking as though this will end like the final judgment of that black man who looks white and sleeps with boys but doesn't touch them. after the bleeding the children's shoes will be forever stained in the crimson color of death. who will set the doves free then. >> the next is sdaefrt on the horizon. i'm sure many of you have seen or heard regularly in the news. my father came from iran so every time i see those headlines and get an article in my e mail i have this moment of panic thinking about my family members in iran who might

we would provide a set of stairs, one elevator for access. we have worked with the union square business improvement district and this is acceptable and would minimize the impact on the park. what you would see is a bird's- eye view of the entrance. also a close-up from the top which would have over the escalator. this is modeled similar to paris metro. to be able to provide entrance, we would go to the parking side. in addition, we would have an additional impact on some additional spots. the duration would be six-nine months. >> i have a question for you before we get to public testimony. the parking places that are taking out, let me congratulate you on the redesign. this has less impact than the original. i congratulate you. the 90 spaces that are taken out will affect the revenue stream of the department. is this calculated in and are we getting compensated for the loss of those spaces? >> the answer is yes. the value of that property, both the temporary and permanent, will be appraised buying independent appraiser. >> do we get an annua

we removed the stair penthouse. we submerged the stairs leading to the roof deck, leaving them exterior. we lowered the building height significantly from 40 feet to 36 feet to address the height and mass concerns. we accomplished this by changing two 12-inch joists to a seven-inch. we also did this by additional excavation and by reducing the ceiling heights from 9 feet to 8 feet 5 inches. we also added cornices to the front facade to make the building less boxy. we added additional window moldings and window mullions to make the window appear less expansive and to blend in with the adjacent buildings on the left and right side. in addition, we eliminated three of the east-facing windows to address the privacy concerns of our neighbors. in addition on the east side of the building, we have frosted some of the glass. we changed some of the windows to transom style and also added guard rails in front of certain windows to further address privacy concerns. for the dr requestors, this was not enough. what they would re

every love struck couple stairing into each other's eyes. every loner with a half empty beer even a waitress after a shift receives a visit from john nitto. he returns to the faces above the steaming plates before he's out into the neon lit street leaving behind a trail of rose petals bark as sacrificial hearts. thank you. [applause]. >> whenever i had writer's block i do research so i thought i would redo a section which started as writer's block and it took place in a library. i think all you need to know is my narrater is 19. the object of affection is 21. max's mother is a piannist and also polish. >> i saw little of rose after she moved her 2 valises into the nurses room on valentine's day of 1939. she did not allow a gust to drive her to the louve. she did not pause to look at me when i went to the gallery wearing a new shirt. nor did she take meals to my families. sometimes this was the best. at the dinner table my parents argued. father had been unsuccessful in keeping the newspapers from others. she practiced less and less. germany

in the buildings they have spiral slides so in an emergency you didn't run down the stairs and told the guy to hop in the slide and out the building and that was their emergency e aggress. >> and they're designed if there an explosion it doesn't blow the walls out. and one of my favorite is the old pump station and now used as the headquarters of the fire department and one thing that makes this -- dare i say odd building and has live tidal sea water from the cove. >> the bu bay used to be right about there. >> the bay was about a couple hundred yards away -- maybe 800-yards away and so there is now an under ground i have duct that -- via duct that brings this here and can take water from the bay and into the high pressure system for most earthquake or fire protection. >> if they ran out of regular domestic water. >> or if the pipes broke and that happened in 1906 and might happen. a couple of other things that make this building interesting and turning it into the firefighter headquarters and they have complicated occupancies and i look at these things and hard to have fuel storage

. >> the stairs coming down the front of your property. >> how to you get through that. you walked through that building that is a fun of your building -- in front of your building? okay. is there any other public comment? >> good evening. i am representing the russian hill neighbors. we have been following this project for some time. everyone commented on the fact that it has been a process. we have had a presentation of the design. almost unanimously all of our directors were very much in favor of the project and we came and spoke about that at a hearing. the main things that we were in sit -- interested in was that this seems to be a viable project. no one has mentioned the fact that this is a lot that has been an eyesore for quite some time. this is a dangerous situation and something that the neighbors would really like to see. we like the fact that this was a viable project and we felt that the scale and design was the purpose of and compatible. when we came to the first hearing and we heard the concerns, we actually went to do some work due diligence. we went to i

it doesn't stair step down the hill. the building that -- the little unit i have up on top is a converted laundry room apparently -- according to the historians in the neighborhood. the reason it fits in with the pattern of stepping down the hill is the upslope property which tim and susan are owners of, it sits nine feet above mine. so the top of the room there is level with their terrace. i do have a photo slowing this. and -- j put it on there. he should -- >> i don't want to start anything from here. >> okay. >> as -- their top floor now currently is level with the flooring in my top unit. so i'm not sure how they're going to add two full floors and only go up four feet above my roof. i like to see atory pulled. i think this is deceptive. what nobody talked about is the terrace on the very topceptive. what nobody talked about is the terrace on the very top which is a sixth floor. he -- he demonstrated that the four-foot wall is going to go up against my railings and will keep me from painting them, and supposedly not

as a small child i sallows stairs and a an ice-cream cone in 1946 -- as a small child i sat on the stairs and eight to an ice-cream cone in 1946. that is my personal memory. richard has an incredible passion and incredible love of this city. and also the things that make san francisco so very special. i am looking forward to the day when his dream comes true of opening up the san francisco mint as the san francisco museum. i speak on his behalf because i think he will lend so much to this city with his work on the commission. thank you. supervisor campos: supervisor dufty m. love >> i am so pleased that you came here to be a witness today. what you have done to give a face to city hall for thousands of workers and young people. there are days that i show up in jeans and tennis sneakers, but you are elegant and reflect the city so well every day you are here. you are a treasure for san francisco. thank you. >> thank you very much. i remember when we were across the street at the war memorial veterans building hoping that this building would be open on time. it was and it is truly a remarka

always take it is stairs. when you go down the stairs hang on to the hand rails you will have people bump into you. pay attention to the floors, you have fourth floor, third floor, in case the lights go out you know you have 3 more floors. people think, i will go to the bottom until it stops. let's say you have 2 floors of parking you are under ground. sometimes it's a fire escape, never go up unless there is smoke down there and you can't go down. majority of the time don't go up. it's not like in tower interno where you go to the roof and the helicopters come pick you up u. notice fire department, work in pairs with 2 extinguishers. one extinguisher and the other person is a backup to get you out. that's an nert volunteer. never fight a fire if it's a large fire. large is over your head. if you are scared and it's too big, it's too large for you. if it's spread beyond where it started and blocking our escape route and you are unsure how to use an extinguisher. there are 4 types of fire it's on the label. on

so you have the stair way there labeled as down and i believe that should be up. is that correct? >> i don't have the plans in front of me but that may be true. the stairway, there's a landing midway up where you can either go back down towards the front door or you can go back down towards the first floor unit farther in the back. >> commissioner sugaya: . o.k. i see. >> the design team asked us to leave the front the way it the s to leave it the way it was. >> i am not questioning that. i'm trying to figure out how the design works. if this passes, and the like to have notice of special restriction. president olague: commissioner antonini? commissioner antonini: i guess i have the same concerns. it looks like he could enter the first floor with the garage independent from the rest of the house, which is generally where we want to have that entrance eliminated so you cannot use it as a second unit and you have to come into the house on the entry floor, which is the second floor, and go downstairs. i think that is what i would like to see changed in the plan so that it discourages

stairs. >> how many, ken?> a lot. a whole butch. >> thanks. >> well the actor who fell 30 feet while playing "spiderman" on broadway is scheduled to leave physical rehab this week. christopher dear knee suffered a skull fracture and some broken ribs and a cracked vertebrae when his safety har net suddenly snapped during a performance last month. as he crashed toward the stage he quickly turned his body mid- air so he wouldn't fall on his head. in an exclusive interview he said the outpouring of support kept his spirits high. >> my friends in the cast, umm, my mother, my father, my brother, so unbelievable. they have -- everybody. all the visitors, their energy, their love, their, you know, and complete strangers. >> spider senses were tingling. and the fall broke his back, cracked his skull, but he is gonna be okay. gonna be okay. >>> eh, whatever happened to ,, [ indistinct conversations ] wrap it up, boys. while i'm still young. ♪ two hours till bedtime. let's move it. ooh. you do your own stunts, right? wel

. >> i had stairs coming up to the apartment, and it was difficult for her to get up the stairs. >> reporter: turns out that belle was a older dog with knee problems, and needed help right away, but surgery was not for her. >> well, all of my friends said she needed surgery, but i chose this path, because i did my research and felt it was the right way for her and i was right. >> reporter: she is talking about a series of injections containing a local anesthetic and dextrose and vitamin b-12 to strengthen belle's ligaments in the legs and it also cost half that of traditional surgery. this man is a doctor in the practice of holistic medicine in pets. >> holistic medicine is one that will help the animal to heal itself. i find that a lot of the animals respond unfavorably to long-term use of traditional drugs. >> reporter: today she is making a house call to give belle her third series of injections and along with acupuncture and other tre treatments to get belle back on her paws in no time. >> they are not separated from the owners and no anxiety, and the owner can see the procedure and noth