Original 1940s design and next they will replace the 2 damaged metal projecting curved over hangs over the entry and at the art or the stream line and the section of the building, and they will plan to match the original 1940s design and also recreate and install the light fixture as shown in the 1935 and the 1940s photograph. And they will lastly repair and reenstall the historic box as shown in 1940 photograph. At the courtyard, they plan to rebuild the structure as the walls are deter ated and the foundation on this is insufficient. The courtyard, they plan to replace the deter ated structure and stucco in kind wanting to match the existing pattern and also they plan to replace in kind the 20 wood framed windows and doors and they also plan to remove the spoked roof. And it was the source of the water intrusion and we place this with a flat roof in conformance with the other roof lines in the courtyard. And last, they would like to add one arch headed wood frame and the window on th
We have already undertake rn and it is proposed and the path of the presentation that i put together and it was included in the packages, and the Biggest Issue with this building was near death it was horrendously savaged by two nights and it was destroyed, 25 percent of the Structural Integrity and i am thinking now that we said enough about all of the structural issues and we feel a little bit like the last samarui and tell me how he died. I will tell you how he lived. And that is how i feel about the building and we have gone into and. And we recently uncovered. And it was the history is all about us and there were more in the buildings where we lived and from them, we can begin to understand what shape pass lives of people and i have been lucky during my career to have lived in great cities with beautiful architecture and paris has the gorgeous, and london with the great natural museums and the Science Museum and the recent with the Railway Station and the San Francisco historic bu
The small window . S could those be retained . Our goal in that portion is to retain as much as possible. And this however, at the bottom are all chewed out and not in contact with the concrete and so the force is actually going by in the redwood into the concrete and so if we can, we can insure it in place and repair it as much as we can. And however, we would want to replace the windows in kind with new insulated at the very least. They will make sure that they walk and they look exactly the same. And and the foundation needs to be replaced underneath and and it will be shored in order to help with the foundation and cut in the bottom of the stoves to the good wood and put in the new plate there and so we do hope to save that portion of the facade and the stream line modern portion of the west and it is beyond the repair and completely disintegrated and the whole western side of the building is 12 inches and as a result of this and this that was going on at the foundation. And that p
Believe that it is the. That the owner could clarify that for you. Thank you. And commissioner, the Department Staff and designation staff is recently designated did tour the entire site and did evaluate and they did see the conditions at the sight during the time of designation. And if we could hear from the project sponsor. My name is jeff darby and i would like to thank the commission for considering proposal and everybody from the building and the planning departments forgiveness and especially mary brown who actually pushed for the landmarking of the building. And i would also like to bring to the commissions attention, that this project would have been totally impossible, without the professional skill advice and mentoring while the general contractor, kevin macen who is in the back, and the room, and also, about Structural Engineer oneil and i have seen the people working miracles because with the buildings like this you cant move structural ibeams and you have to use the beams
Played an exciting role in the 60s when San Francisco was the start of capitol for psychedelic rock bands, i remember those times very well because 45 years ago this summer, i was a British University student. And the holy sea of the fillmore west where joplin were playing, and so last week, when george went into the building and saying that i am back. And i am traveling back in time to where george in the building and in the late 60s and was a Founding Member of the first psychedelic rock bands and the living covers for the local grups and the messages service, and the stories for the businesses who worked and partied in the building and we could not remember who installed the green garden in the basement of the building. And i smiled and i told him that we had to take it a light lighter in the watering system. And he did remember the space and they were part of the old road crew and they provided the sound equipment in 69 and Jefferson Airplane and the velvet underground and they hav