i think it's grossly out of character with the victorians on sutter and the traditional nature of the neighborhood. there's been very little communication with the neighborhood thus far. in fact, i think some of the neighbors feel they've been ville find -- ville find -- vilified which is a very unfortunate situation. and i think for some of the neighbors, the parking issue has never been addressed. some other issues for certain neighbors, certain tax-paying, local property owners have never been addressed. you know, all that said, i support the project with the compromised proposal that was discussed earlier, and i hope we can reach that compromise pretty soon. thanks. >> the overhead, please. >> you want to start talking? >> my name is ron cardin, 2755 sutter street, directly east of booker t. and that's my house right there. thank you, commissioners, for providing a public hearing of my comments and i'm on record of supporting the community center, affordable housing and emancipated youth programs and that hasn't changed to this day. i want to thank supervisor mark farrell who is w

this is a very low-scale victorian block. it has three one-story buildings, 12 two-story buildings, nine three-story buildings and only three four-story buildings. this is a very radical change for this block. there's no housing there now. and to put 50 units -- and this building, it's not going to be just 55 feet tall. it's going to be close to 70 feet tall as you come down the very steep slope on sutter. and so we're asking for -- and the impacts are obvious. people are saying what are the impacts? the shadow, the athetic, the impacts are overwhelming to plug this building in this small neighborhood and it's absurd to claim they've given back anything. they're going 100% over the current zoning. there's no rear yard for these people to live next to it. i mean, we started at 100 units and now down to 50. come on. there's only 28 under the zoning there. you know, the compromise that's been offered is not something i think the neighbors like. it's something i think they're willing to swallow for a good cause. >> thank you. >>

if it is a traditional house, edwardian, victorian, certainly. but not just everyday ordinary home depot crown molding. probably something in little bit nicer, more traditional. but i think the contemporary -- in the last 10 or 20 years, you probably want to consult with an interior designer before you slap of a molding. >> i suggest an architect. these are people who are trained to look at the appearance and make decisions. but i have seen it to great advantage, especially in the older buildings, victorian and edwardian period >> i agree with you to go with a professional. but is there a particular group? another list in the yellow pages and all that. for the exterior, you talk about the curb appeal, something like windows. where do i find a list of these people, without having to trouble a realtor who is maybe just interested in selling it? >> i think in that, just to address if different ways, you might want to get a couple different opinions. it does not take long. you might want to get an opinion from a realtor, even though they may just be

s present facility, there were victorians there before 1953. doesn't make any difference, they were demolished, the present building was built. if you look at the context of the neighborhood, and i know almost all of you are very familiar with it, most of the heights of the buildings are quite a bit smaller than what is proposed. even the larger apartment buildings are not in excess of 40 feet. so the impact is greatest on those who would be to the east side of the building. that is those between sutter and post that will be impacted greatly and considerably more by a building that would be 55 feet as opposed by 45 feet. and i think that's what we're really talking about. the other issue is the parking. and we're only providing 21 offstreet parking places. now, we have a lot of uses here. we're going to have the gym which will be much bigger, more heavily utilized, and that's going to be an impact. also, although we will have, as designed, 24 units for emancipated youth, there also will be 24 units for people making up to the 60th percentile me

. >> victorian box trees. >> what size are they? >> a 24 inch box, which is the new standard. we do at least 24-inch box or larger unless the site is to constrained that we have to go small every. er -- smaller. it increases the survival rate of the tree. so this is our new standard. >> it takes a little while until they can adapt to the location. how long does that usually take? a couple of seasons? >> it does. we normally will water a tree throughout the dry season which we estimate about nine months of the year. so if it is -- has not rained, we have to go water the tree. once it is established, then it does not need our help. >> there's a particular problem with trees that are in boxes or in planters or that are not planted in the ground and that's that they have a lot of area of evaporation. so trees like this that are sitting in boxes in sidewalks need a lot of care and a lot of water. >> that's right. we would water these extra so several times a week while we are waiting. one of the reasons why we try to get trees planted in the ground rather that in raised plantearns

if you are traveling on 680, you'll see the white victorian. it's right by there. russ, nice job. can you put it back on? she's getting cold? >> he can. >> reporter: nice job. see russ tomorrow and his handy work. sheep sheering day, 2011. >>> the latest on the fleecing of america. >>> scott has a few gadgets for us. >> i have a bunch of them. i was looking at my wool suit to see how much wool it has in it. three gadgets. the first is i thumbs key pad. we have video of it here. believe it or not, this is a keyboard for your keyboard. if you don't like a smooth keyboard, you can turn it into more of a blackberry. it's a crazy idea. the other one is a strap for your ipad one and two. the padstrap.com. it's $40. the last one is my favorite. i have a strap. it's a microphone that goes into your ipad. we have used it during a broadcast where we send in voice overs over wi-fi. you can e-mail in professional audio. it's very, very useful. it's less than $100. >> cool. a reminder to become a fan of nbc bay area morning news on facebook. look for details to see rod stewart on april 20th. l

our victorians are usually set back with stoops and stairs going back up. the majority of these buildings have been replaced by parking. this is a nice precedent that exists in san francisco. we chose to build upon at as our building. we have set back the front 6 feet. we can have units that the street. we can improve the sidewalk. we have an encroachment permit to build on that. the articulation, this is showing movers. we wanted it the architecture to embrace a live ability between the setbacks and maneuvers that would help people with their stairs. this was amalgamated into a facade. we have changed the architecture. one of the things that we were required to have was a conditional use for is that our lot is so large. we took the of the 22 break the building up into two parts. we are trying to work within a plot that has other forefoot buildings. this is breaking up the articulation so it has scale. at the rear of this site, we have gone down as well. our building will appear about 30 feet. the existing warehouse is between 30 and 35 feet. this has dimin

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a lot of old victorian doors and-- victorian doors and knobs. right across the street is north beach. there is caps corner, as well as washington square not too far. this is right on the border. technically we're in knob hill. >>> time now 6:34. bart wants your opinion on what the new seats and trains should look and feel like. starting today bart passengers can test out seat styles and sizes for its new fleet of cars. a seat laboratory will make about nine stops around the bay area. riders will be able to try out different options and even fill out a survey and give your opinion. one of san francisco's most popular cable car lines will be partially shut down this week beginning today half of the powell highline will be closed for maintenance. the closure will last through friday. the cable cars will run from market street up powell but they are going to stop at jackson. buses will go the rest of the way. the good news is your commute will cost you less. cable car fares will drop from $5 to $2 this week. >>> once again the problem from oakland p

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this is not comparable to a victorian-built turn-of-the- century old-growth redwood. these were built during were shortages with some of the cheapest materials available. supervisor elsbernd: just to put it in perspective, i am doing this map in my head. the garden apartments were built in 1941 through 1946. the project in front of us is a 30-year project. when the product is done, it will be 100 years. >> it is fair to say that the dna -- that the d.a. contemplates that it will take 30 years, so 100 years is correct. this as a photo demonstrates the towers were built last. they were built of concrete and steel. as a result, they are a little bit more durable than the low- rise structures. as you know, the project does not propose demolishing or replacing the tower apartments. it is also important to note that there is a long history of change in ownership. metropolitan life, which developed the site, held the site until 1970. leona helmsley of the site for 20 years. then its switched ownership again to allow big view, and finally to the current investors in 2005. dur

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some time to kill so i swung by the giuliani palace downtown from a curious to take a look at the victorianbuilding, my guidebook is the only palace of the united states. a guide to me to regroup into a room with a white businessman and sugar planters who had stayed a coup d'État in 1893 lac trip after her royalist supporters botched a counterrevolution. liliuokalani or imprisonment and a palace on a colorful quilt that is on display there. perhaps that of melancholy or state, little flags of the kingdom of hawaii stand guard around the quote tanners square. in one corner she embroidered a scene of a cartoonish man struggling with an impala, losing his hat in the wind. the guide chuckled over the quaint bit of flats, but he wondered if it was the slight movement of a woman whose crown has blown away and isn't coming back. i should mention that i was there in december 2003, the week before i arrived in honolulu, american soldiers captured saddam hussein was hiding in his reggie carter will i appeared on a steamy victorian era style of the polynesian queen deposed by the sons of churchy new e

to weigh that against a greater social issues, especially when you're not talking about placing a victorian for the building. we're talking about replacing an outdated and outmoded building with a better building. it does get an enhancement. hull have this issue all the time, people who get upset with story high. it happens all the time. i really don't understand the session, necessarily. when i look at the impact of the shadow or the like, there is an incremental difference that happens between those things, especially when you have done necessary setbacks. there is a greater good, and incremental benefit the people are getting that really was going to revolutionize the lives of the people around the building and i would feel differently about this. i would take care of the gentleman who talked about the lighter colors on the wall. all those things obviously need to be dealt with. they need to not have their houses be livable. the things that you seem to enumerate are things that we can definitely take care of. beyond that, i have a hard time understanding what is really gained when you lo

. >> traditionally in san francisco with victorian and edwardian, we had split bathrooms. a separate room for a toilet, and a second room for a tub. i have done literally dozens of projects where we try to combine them. the difference in today's baffin's is there is a lot more stuff. double vanities, soaking tub, showers, toilets, bedets, a lot more things going on. >> has this economic decline at the moment -- has that affected people's desire for complexity in stuff? have you seen a short-term move toward simplicity? >> yes and no. people still love their bathrooms. people think of them as

. >> traditionally in san francisco with victorian and edwardian, we had split bathrooms. a separate room for a toilet, and a second room for a tub. i have done literally dozens of projects where we try to combine them. the difference in today's baffin's is there is a lot more stuff. double vanities, soaking tub, showers, toilets, bedets, a lot more things going on. >> has this economic decline at the moment -- has that affected people's desire for complexity in stuff? have you seen a short-term move toward simplicity? >> yes and no. people still love their bathrooms. people think of them as an important room, as an investment for their home. yes, there is the gamut. some people are really just for function and utilitarian. some of them are large and lavish and everything in between. >> we are going to start looking at a couple of little vignettes of bathrooms. we can talk about fixtures and use that as a springboard for questions for our audience and discussions from some of the manufacturers we have here. let's start by looking at one right back here. this is a really in

. >> reporter: 450 drake street in san jose was an old victorian with its fair share of baggage. it was a cannabis club called herb appeal but just before 3 a.m. it caught fire yet again. and it forced the next-door neighbor, wife, son, mother and pet bird out on the streets. yes, they're okay. >> but just sucks. >> reporter: the fire was so intense, the glow from the flames more than 30 feet tall woke up ken's mother and caused their roof and attic to catch fire. for the james family it has not been a good year. back in january, the same cannabis club suffered more than a quarter million dollars in damage when a fire burned the front portion of the house. the owner said he had no idea the tenants were using it as a marijuana dispensary and then last august, a grassfire again near ken's homemade for a few nervous hours. ken blames the homeless encampments nearby and says it's become a way of life. >> i guess i'm getting, unfortunately, used to it. the house fire and then the fire on the freeway side in the summer so it's kind of becoming a normal thing. >> reporter: the other sid

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. >> reporter: 450 drake street in san jose was an old victorian with its fair share of baggage. it was acannabis club called herb appeal but just before clock this morning, it caught fire yet again just before 3:00 this morning and forced the next-door neighbor, ken james, wife, son, mother and pet birdthe streets. they're okay. >> just sucks. >> reporter: the fire was so intense, the glow from the flames more than 30 feet tall woke up ken's mother causing their roof and attic to cause fire. for the james family it hasn't been a good year. back in january the same building suffered a quarter million dollars in damage when a fire burnt the front of the house. they said they had no idea it was a marijuana dispensary. and then last august a grassfire again near ken's homemade for a few nervous hours. ken blames the homeless encampments nearby and said it's a way of life. >> i guess i'm getting, unfortunately, used to it. the house fire and then the fire on the freeway side in the summer, so it's kind of becoming a normal thing. >> reporter: the other side to this story is response

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she had an old victorian with an old brick foundation. she was absolutely convinced that the foundation had to be concrete and had to be concrete tomorrow. it was the first thing she did. she had different people, and look at the way she could do it. someone convinced her she should really be fit up and do it to the degree that she could add another unit or another living space down the line it see -- if she so chose. against my advice, she probably spent over $100,000 on pouring concrete down there. it sits there as an empty shell of a basement, which is sort of useless, really. i think you can get expert opinions from many different people, and the value question is a different question than an expert opinion on a particular subject. the value question is a question of the value of the property. is it over-improving? sometimes the contractor will tell you otherwise. the value is probably for a salesperson. >> that is something john wrote out. what value? value to you? value to the appraiser who comes in in one month? value is certainly

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