obviously if you have stairs over a living space you have to water proof the stairs -- waterproof the stairs but a lot of energy is being spent trying to get exterior stairs waterproof when you could just let the water flow through. some of the stairs you're showing are good examples of those. >> we have another shot in a minute. here's somebody's exterior deck and stairs which they've been -- a couple of rails have been replaced. i want to point out, by the way, that the spacing between the guard rails on this deck or guards, as they're now called, are pretty wide and don't need the mod -- meet the modern codes which they forum maximum space and it's easy to accomplish that before building a giant new stair and deck by using some kinds of fencing, whether it's metal fencing which you can buy at any hardware store or plastic fencing. just put it up and over the years renters and building owners have been held responsible to meet the standards of today's safety, especially for decks and stairs. so for those of you who have rental units, i encourage you to upgrade your stairs and your s

here we are at the top of the stair, the top of the stairs. that's the view up there. and here's the side of the building. and i think you can see here these are the -- these would be windows and there's even other windows lower down that actually are indeed blocked by this new -- very beautiful edifice blocked. i guess that's it. i don't have any more time. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >>> hi, my name is brian brown berger and i live on park ridge drive which is right below crestline for over 21 years. and i want to share briefly an experience i had two months ago. i jog in the morning and as i was coming up the smaller set of bottom stairs leading to the bigger upper stairs, when coming from the under brush of this contested lot, i saw a coyote. i've seen racoons, pos onlies and yes, skunks, but this was the first time i had ever seen a coyote less than 50 fetus from me. we stared at each other out of shock or astonishment. i knew it was a coyote. a woman had photographed a coyote at twin peaks. she had an art show at the presidio and i went and saw those rema

stairs, when coming from the under brush of this contested lot, i saw a coyote. i've seen racoons, pos onlies and yes, skunks, but this was the first time i had ever seen a coyote less than 50 fetus from me. we stared at each other out of shock or astonishment. i knew it was a coyote. a woman had photographed a coyote at twin peaks. she had an art show at the presidio and i went and saw those remarkable pictures. of course, this is a minor miracle that there would be any coyotes still able to sub survive in san francisco today. just as i was standing there in total awe and amazement, two tourists, i believe a couple speaking german, were starting to come down the stairs from the top and noticed the coyote and stopped dead in their tracks and they gripped each other's arms when they realized what they were seeing and there were tears in their ayes. all four of us, including the coyote just stood there in a silence i can only describe as sacred or spiritual. i am an ordained roman catholic deacon, and i know a holy moment when i experience it. and then the coyote v

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

how can they not stair. arms 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 mig

and the filbert street stairs, because of the rockfall that occurred, new stairs were built, and they were built in a manner that when rockfalls occur, that actually lift out the stairs and put them on the ground and allow the crane to get back there to access the rockfall. >> beyond that, the building that we see at the bottom of the rockfall was actually designed to allow barack to fall off and be compounded by the building -- actually designed to allow barack to fall off and be impounded by the building. >> that is the corner of sansome and green. every couple years, there is a rock fall that occurs behind that building. >> now we are on russian hill. this is the most beautiful location of exposed bedrock. across the street from the art institute on chestnut. >> that and tires sitting -- that entire setting, that is a beautiful setting, the deck and the panorama of the city. >> cannot be it. now we are on at leavenworth street, around the corner of chestnut or francisco. >> these walls are common throughout the city, and they were built as part of the stimulus package following the

that's the cbs 5 forecast. >>> stranded for days after climbing the stairs. the rescue of a pony named cranky. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, rocket? one that hovers like a helicopter! the company >>> what would be better than a plane rocket? how about one that hovers like a helicopter. space x conducted a successful test of the so-called grasshopper rocket. lifted off, hovered and safely touched down back on the launch pad. the company says it's almost ready for the real first launch. >>> talk about closing the barn door after the horse bolted. this time, it was a pony. we have more on the complicated mission to rescue a stranded animal. >> reporter: he was able to unhook the latch, climb all the way up the staircase for a bite. >> we were joking that he was looking for santa claus but i think he just wanted to eat more hay. >> reporter: woo four-year-old cranky land where no one has before, up a flight of stairs to the hay lot of on to have of his barn. >> vest inquisitive. is not afraid of mission >> reporter: he got stuck up there for thee days. >> we could not coax hi

also where the desk clerk sits, at the top of the stairs. we have seen problems when there is a working elevator of the door to the elevator on the bottom floor is out of service or bolted shut, or in some way not accessible for people. you still have to go up the first flight of stairs to go into the elevator and go up to the fifth floor. situations like that, there is room for improvement, not expensive. quicker to implement. >> i also want to add quickly in response to councilmember -- your question about, is it too lengthy process to try to move people? in a lot of sros, there is a lot of movement around. sometimes the landlord will do it on purpose, they won't let someone stay long enough to get tenant rights. it is not a complete fix. it is something that could help a little bit. and obviously for all the reasons that people said, not to get everyone who needs to be on the first floor on the ground for but at least looking at moving people down closer to the bottom. >> chair: we are going to take a break in a few minutes. so if we coul

here we are at the top of the stair, the top of the stairs. that's the view up there. and here's the side of the building. and i think you can see here these are the -- these would be windows and there's even other windows lower down that actually are indeed blocked by this new -- very beautiful edifice blocked. i guess that's it. i don't have any more time. >> thank you. next speaker, please.

bay window with the stairs. these are issues being brought up now. there was six months of silence from the dr requester where we continually asked them to talk to us and they didn't. thank you. >> thank you. >> okay. the public hearing is closed. and opening up to commissioners, with comments and questions, commissioner sugaya? >> just on the privacy issue, i don't think people stand around on decks to look into bedroom windows. i'm sorry. i live in a condo, across the street from me, there are bedroom windows. you know, i don't think people in my condo building stand there and try to look in other people's windows. i suppose if you are having coffee or having a drink or something, you know, you might glance around and there is that kind of thing, but i don't think that most people on these kinds of decks. this is a family. it's like -- it's just not going to happen. i don't consider that to be an extraordinary circumstance. >> commissioner antonini? >> i would agree with commissioner sugaya. i know in "rear wi

i'm impressed with the architecture and the consideration to maintain the stairs. i think it probably makes it a better attraction if the stairs were there when completed than they are now and a safer element. commissioner antonini. >> in terms of open space, i mean, not going back to the distant past, but telegraph and russian hills were very densely built, but most people feel they're quite attractive and appropriate places to live and we were able to capture the top of telegraph hill as an open space. but the sides of the hills were pretty densely built and i'm not saying we should do that entirely on twin peaks, but, you know, i think where this opportunity presents itself to build a building which will be probably architecturally the best up there, i think that we should do it and i would support the project. >> commissioner sugaya. >> following the logic of building an open space, if there weren't a garden there now and it was just what is being characterized as this particular open space, we would be approving apartment projects up and down the [speaker not

commissioners this is the only design and you can see there was a back stair at the rather of the building and this guideline shows the building to the north and there was a bump out to that building. this is the rendering of what the original design would look like and i also just want to point out again, this rather bump now because it's relevant in terms of the design revision and is again, we weren't solved with this and neither were the neighbors and we thought this was the primary concern of neighbors. when we met we did a design revision, the neighbors were primarily kept obviously and wanted the building reduced in height and we thought that the concern was with the rather it's going to have the overhead again please? you can see what we propose was to basically do a step back in the back to lower it and to kind-of give the rather a more attractive appearance. we met with mr. breecher and he basically said he kind-of liked the way that we redesigned the back but the real concern is that wanted to lower the height of the building and wanted the building set back further from the str

and we created this nautical floating steel and reclaimed teak stair. reclaimed teak floors, polished concrete, all with the spirit of pateening well with age. thank you for taking the tour of this oasis. this is truly a world for heartful souls. >>> up next, how to go big with your design in a small space. and later an amazing home with a special room. >>> welcome back to "open house." next we're taken inside a victorian home to see how to overcome the size and shape of a space with amazing design. >> i'm linc thelen. today i'm going to give you design ideas to make grand design with small spaces. when working with small spaces, it's important to define your space. i start with a strong focal point. i decided to use the fire place as my strong focal point. above the fire place i wanted something a little edgy and clean. i chose this piece of art because i wanted something modern but also connected with chicago. when buying furniture for small spaces, it can be a little tricky. be sure to measure your space before you purchase. the transparency of the t

facade appearance has significantly improved and achieved by back stair configuration with lower level pop out and greatest depressioning the expire entire building into the ground and restoring the building and the entire building will be spring lettered and so there was not a mention of the building extending to the yard and that was a notice of the hearing and i discussed that with the project sponsor to make sure that was addressed. >> and you said that the bay widow is not acceptable. that is correct the bay widow at the third floor and you are allowed to 12 feet and 5 feet back from the sides and you can put a bay widow in the same you know as a projection into the rather yard with you in order to qualify the bay widow you have to have a 7-foot head clearance and so they can have a pais bay widow on the third floored but not the second widow because it's expanding the widow on to the deck there and it appeared from the rendering that the rendering didn't have that and so may be it was a drafting error that the bay widow was not on the third plan and so certainly that would need t

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

rooms in the men's rest room over at glen park, and then the woman's room too you have to go down stairs and in the men's room they are in violation of a safety code because there is no railing where the stairs are going down in the men's room, if anybody slips and gets hurt they get to sue the rec department for quite a bit of money and everything. and nobody seems to address those serious issues. it is just like it is a joke with the people here at city hall and rec and park department and the city and nobody really seems to care. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> my name is dolan urgal i am a forester. and i have planted hundreds and hundreds of trees in sonoma county north and a few in san francisco itself. i am looking at this plan that we had here of the rec center. and some months ago, we were presented with a plan that would be the rec center needed attention. we had a nice idea. somebody had a nice idea and took it up. but, somehow conflicted with this was the ideal of the removal of a whole bunch of trees and moving other parts of tennis courts and this sort of thing. t

somehow he unhooked a latch and climbed up the stairs for a bite of hay and refused to come down. he was stuck out there for three days. they had to tranquilize him to get hit out. firefighters and a roofing company, tranquilized there and then they had sort of an elevator lift pull him out. >> i have seen horses in distressed situations before that have just absolutely gone crazy and made things very dangerous and very difficult. and he was just a prince. >> the roofing company, see they raised the bed of the scissor truck up to the loft and they tranquilized him and lowered him down. he is doing fine. his owners say he is still nibbling on everything in sight. >> he didn't want to come down. so they went through all of that trouble just to get him down. but if he wanted to come down he could have just come down the stairs. >> the pony is in the hay loft? [ laughter ] >> we'll show you some heavier cells moving in to seat heaviest rain. it's moving out of san francisco southeast and looks like the 101, daly city, oakland, san leandro, the unstable wet weather air mass won't leave

there are three exit stairs in this tower typically there would only be two. that is the result of the thinking after 9/11 and this is at the forefront and the concern that one has about exiting a building, when it is under stress. this is at the park level, once again, you see that the toweris occurring more or less at the center of the park, an important point of activity and there is a cafe and a large public performance area just outside of the porch of the tower and so it is idealy positioned to support the life of the park itself. here you are on the park level, looking back toward the canopy over the porch that connects to the tower. immediately to your right as you are looking to the you can see the sculpture. if you look to the back you can see the canopy to the porch and the park to the left and the entrance of the tower park level just beyond and you are in the park itself. just beyond the tower and i think, once again, this is just going to be an extraordinary experience, full of life, full of amenity. and with a tower and a transit center park wor

and abandon their wheelchairs in the lobby because they cannot even get down the stairs. some of them live on the fourth floor with me. it's ridiculous. we do not appreciate our visitors and our guests being told by the management that we've been removed or we're not there. it's either that or go the other way, harass them for walking down the hallway to use the rest room. [speaker not understood]. he's got cameras in the hallways. we see someone walking down the hallway. you have to get out of there. why is that? you walked down the hallway. i do not remember hearing that against the law. you cannot walk down the hallway. i don't remember reading that anywhere, okay. unless there is some secret code that i'm not aware of. and any time we approach the management with negotiations, they either blatantly lie to us or they turn a deaf ear. i've been waiting six months for a phone jack. i could have built a phone by then, okay. these are the problems we're experiencing. i gave up on the phone jack. am i supposed to wait another six months? i could have called mars by now. it'

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we have patients who quite their jobs because they couldn't walk up the stairs. they couldn't take the elevator up to the 30th floor norwalk down the stairs any longer. so that is both an example of conditioned fear, with the cue being the stairwell. and avoid anlts because the person quit their job. now in exposure therapy which is the type of treatment that john receives in our clinical trial, patients recount their experience whatever their specific traumatic event was, whether it is a particular event that john had in iraq or survival of the world trade center which john also personed. >> what do we do now that we know we've got post traumatic stress disorder. >> sure. so it turns out that you know we've talked about ptsd in sort of the core symptoms in humans, it's actually very complex. not only do people have the symptoms but they develop ways of trying to cope with the symptoms. a lot of times as you mentioned both when people develop ptsd to give an example in the military. when people do things as part of their job that they are supposed to do, kill peo

my former bedroom at the top of the stairs flied out in a variety of very. i feed them all with suspicion. they were sleeping in my bedroom, you see my little dove of peace and that is just the right size for me. there had been a fat austrian lady who told her she could lay her head and walk around the ceiling, an architectural student from the ceiling and an american couple may not be scandalized relief when she discovered they were not actually married. and now, there is the opal miner. a south african, although he made his money mining for opals pdq my sister in an opel each come a rough, black rock with craig blue red fire and it hit my sister liked him for this and treasure her opal stone. i could not forgive him for the death of my kid room. it was the first day of the spring holidays, three weeks of no school. i woke early, thrilled by the prospect of endless days to fill however i wish. i would read. i would explore. i pulled on my shorts, t-shirts for mishandled. i went downstairs to the kitchen. his father was cooking on another slept in. it is ver