I think the perceptionce that many people in the United States and also around the worldhi that this is an extraordinary unusual time in a sense where we are out of time will be a curiosity in the future. People will look back and wonder about that wonderment. And he gets kind of an interesting phenomenon. When you think about today do you compare it to any other time in history . As a historian. Im interested in that. We have a cognitive tendency. In the same way im the kind of person that seems like this and family members. Our need for familiarity. For most of my career as a historian. What time is this like. It is an easy story to write. I think theres a whole crop of president ial biographers who go out on talk shows. I generally find them to be not i in this era. Its actually a way to kind of contain the chaos. It is a way to avoid what is truly strange about this. What do we mean when we talk about American History. How are we to reckon with the fact that our present day is so p
The pier 740 master plan which eventually led to historic core, it resulted in those buildings being rehabilitated and rfp that resulted in brookfield taking over the waterfront site as our partner on that location and the next slide, built on to that process in 2013. Our planning and Environment Group developed a crane cove park plan. You can see here its very similar to what ultimately has been delivered on site which is very exciting. And the kneass building was not addressed with use it might serve. Building 49 was. Its in the center of the slide. We opened it would be used for water recreation and bicycle parking on site so were not sure if we need additional as well as a site and next slide. Please. There are eight goals that apply to the southern waterfront and weve pulled out throw in particular that we think really speaks to what might go i go ine buildings. Number two listed in the staff report has to do withens hancements water recreation and enhancement to the blue green wa
So little perspective on this moment, its quite impossible to say. I think the perception that many people in the United States and of course also around the world have that this is an extraordinary unusual time something we are the time out of time, will be curiosity in the future people will look back and wonder about that very wonderment i think its an interesting phenomenon. When you think about today do you compare it to any period in history . Jill lepore as a historian im interested in analogies we have a cognitive tendency to enjoy analogies to find d one thing to be like another all the time. Just in the same way and the kind of person that sees likenesses and family members, and look at a new baby and say, that looks just like great grandma someone so. Have the same time, even as they say i recognize a lot of that is minded perception, my need for familiarity. I think there has been for most of my career as a historian the question to ask historians is what time is this like.
Control as in the findings as part of the discussion in the findings here, instead of making it condition of approval. We have done that in the past for similar situations where the commission was interested in imposing something but didnt feel that it quite rose to the level of a condition of approval. I would be fine with that, if the commissioner chan would support that amendment. Clerk to make this recommendation . Commissioner chan yes, i could accept that to include the rent control provisions to be added in the findings instead. Clerk is that amenable . Yes, i would like to ask commissioner what he thinks about this part of the discussion and i would like to see what the applicant says. I could go either way but i would like to see what the applicant says. Mr. Kevin . Yes, thank you, commissioner. Can you hear me . Vicepresident moore yes, i can. Were in complete agreement that these four existing units and the a. D. U. Will be subject to the rent control moving forward. I certa
You today by your television profess provideer. And now on book tv we are live with author and Harvard University history professor jill lepore who over the next 2 hours will be taking your calls and comments. Professors book include secret history of wonder woman, these truths, history of the United States and the newly published if then, about the cold war origins of data mining and social manipulation. Harvard professor jill lapore, before we get into the substance of your book, as a historian, what is your contemporary view of how our world is going to be viewed . [laughter] guest i think we have so little perspective on this moment that it is quite impossible to say. I think the perception that many people in the United States and, of course, also around the world have that this is an extraordinary uni shall time is something that we are in a time out of time will be a curiosity in the future. People will look back and wonder about that very sense alienation. I think that would be