unbenonesed to us because supervisor and cohen and i were working to make sure we got it from sth the bank, the bank sold it to a individual family. so, about two and a half years ago supervisor cohen and i said, well, we have to sit down with the new owner who bought this through the auction and bankruptcy court to plead the them on behalf our visitation valley and district 10 community that we needed the place for the benefit of the seniors and our families. >> hello. welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the installation the kind of appeal to me. i quickly found out about the san francisco arts commission school and realized there was a pre-qualified school you had to apply to, so i applied to the. >> how long did it take you to develop this work for the plaza? >> this was a fast trac

unbenonesed to us because supervisor and cohen and i were working to make sure we got it from sth the individual family. so, about two and a half years ago supervisor cohen and i said, well, we have to sit down with the new owner who bought this through the auction and bankruptcy court to plead the them on behalf our visitation valley and district 10 community that we needed the place for the benefit of the seniors and our families. and so for several months we got in touch with the owner and their representatives and we discovered that they are a old san francisco family that also listened to our request on behalf of the community. and so, after those many months and after we representing the interest of the city and the community, they agreed to give this property to the city on the condition that we use it for this community's benefit. the building was not in very good shape. there was a lot of things that were broken. a lot of conditions that were poor maintenance and so part of the condition was that we would use the money that we originally were going to use to buy the building

unbenonesed to us because supervisor and cohen and i were working to make sure we got it from sth the bank, the bank sold it to a individual family. so, about two and a half years ago supervisor cohen and i said, well, we have to sit down with the new owner who bought this through the auction and bankruptcy court to plead the them on behalf our visitation valley and district 10 community that we needed the place for the benefit of the seniors and our families. and so for several months we got in touch with the owner and their representatives and we discovered that they are a old san francisco family that also listened to our request on behalf of the community. and so, after those many months and after we representing the interest of the city and the community, they agreed to give this property to the city on the condition that we use it for this community's benefit. the building was not in very good shape. there was a lot of things that were broken. a lot of conditions that were poor maintenance and so part of the condition was that we would use the money that we originally were going

unbenonesed to us because supervisor and cohen and i were working to make sure we got it from sth theank, the bank sold it to a individual family. so, about two and a half years ago supervisor cohen and i said, well, we have to sit down with the new owner who bought this through the auction and bankruptcy court to plead the them on behalf our visitation valley and district 10 community that we needed the place for the benefit of the seniors and our families. and so for several months we got in touch with the owner and their representatives and we discovered that they are a old san francisco family that also listened to our request on behalf of the community. and so, after those many months and after we representing the interest of the city and the community, they agreed to give this property to the city on the condition that we use it for this community's benefit. the building was not in very good shape. there was a lot of things that were broken. a lot of conditions that were poor maintenance and so part of the condition was that we would use the money that we originally were going t

unbenonesed to us because supervisor and cohen and i were working to make sure we got it from sth thefamily. so, about two and a half years ago supervisor cohen and i said, well, we have to sit down with the new owner who bought this through the auction and bankruptcy court to plead the them on behalf our visitation valley and district 10 community that we needed the place for the benefit of the seniors and our families. and so for several months we got in touch with the owner and their representatives and we discovered that they are a old san francisco family that also listened to our request on behalf of the community. and so, after those many months and after we representing the interest of the city and the community, they agreed to give this property to the city on the condition that we use it for this community's benefit. the building was not in very good shape. there was a lot of things that were broken. a lot of conditions that were poor maintenance and so part of the condition was that we would use the money that we originally were going to use to buy the building to invest in

unbenonesed to us because supervisor and cohen and i were working to make sure we got it from sth theank, the bank sold it to a individual family. so, about two and a half years ago supervisor cohen and i said, well, we have to sit down with the new owner who bought this through the auction and bankruptcy court to plead the them on behalf our visitation valley and district 10 community that we needed the place for the benefit of the seniors and our families. and so for several months we got in touch with the owner and their representatives and we discovered that they are a old san francisco family that also listened to our request on behalf of the community. and so, after those many months and after we representing the interest of the city and the community, they agreed to give this property to the city on the condition that we use it for this community's benefit. the building was not in very good shape. there was a lot of things that were broken. a lot of conditions that were poor maintenance and so part of the condition was that we would use the money that we originally were going t