The civil war was over. We became a state january 29, 1861, so that makes us 154 years old in 2015. But they werent able to start on the building because of the civil warsuch so when they did, they built it in sections. We are played out like the capitol. Then they did the south wing which has the former supreme court. And then the north wing has the state library and former secretary of states office. And then finally the dome. And that did take 37 years at a cost of approximately 3. 2 million. And so it was quite a bit of money at that time, but they did spread it out over the 37 years. And we are one of the few capitols all the money was raised before they were built. So there was no debt associated with actually building the capitol itself. When kansas was about to enter the union, there were an equal number of free states and slave states. So kansas was going to break the tie. And i believe thats where the state motee kind of comes from. Our state motto stands for to the stars thr
Librarian. She wanted it to be a big, open space. When you first walk in, it is very welcoming. They chose stencilling in there to welcome people. When you look up, there is a pineapple stencil all over the ceiling. Then there are bird faces eating berries on the sides of the walls. She was credited with also she was a populist which was kansas is really the only state that had populism. We had a couple populist governors and some big figures who were involved in the populist movement. She reminded them the workers, while they were working on the library, that at some point they would be holding a lot of books. So they did reinforcements knowing at some point there would be books on all of those shelves. There is a glass floor. At that time, a lot of libraries had glass floors to let the Natural Light filter into the building. And when people got electricity, they, a lot of times got rid of those glass floors. Luckily, we kept ours. The glass itself goes around the bookcases and so you
Librarian. She wanted it to be a big, open space. When you first walk in, it is very welcoming. They chose stencilling in there to welcome people. When you look up, there is a pineapple stencil all over the ceiling. Then there are bird faces eating berries on the sides of the walls. She was credited with also she was a populist which was kansas is really the only state that had populism. We had a couple populist governors and some big figures who were involved in the populist movement. She reminded them the workers, while they were working on the library, that at some point they would be holding a lot of books. So they did reinforcements knowing at some point there would be books on all of those shelves. There is a glass floor. At that time, a lot of libraries had glass floors to let the Natural Light filter into the building. And when people got electricity, they, a lot of times got rid of those glass floors. Luckily, we kept ours. The glass itself goes around the bookcases and so you
Want to welcome you back to the this is the regular meeting of the this the Land Use Committee im supervisor cowen chair of this committee and to my left is aaron peskin and our clerk ms. Alicia thank you jim smith and charles kremack of sfgovtv to help us broadcast this meeting madam clerk, any announcements . Electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the depth 13 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you could you please call item one. An ordinance 30 years the acquisition of Real Property from the state of california for sidewalks along van ness avenue under the jurisdiction of public works with the Maintenance Agreement waving fees and making appropriate findings ii was told ms. Julian is presenting i dont see her in the chambers one presenting yes why not have the Mayors Office staff make a recommendation i dont know is it finally. Xavier for various reasons
[meeting adjourned] im about to introduce the folks who can really dance. Ladies and gentlemen, San Francisco Afterschool Program presentsyou guys ready . Are you ready . Body booths. [applause] [music][applause] [music] [applause] ladies and gentlemen are the deeds. [applause] if anybody for those of usi know you are out there who are with them challengedif theres anybody that can infuse us with rhythm it is body beads. Thank you, you guys. You are awesome. [applause] good morning. As we set out this ribbon were going to cut my name is Phil Ginsburg five the great honor of serving as the general manager of your event recreation and park department. I only got one word for you. Thats not true but im going to start with one word and it is wow. Wow. Look at this place could look at this place. Come on. Look at this place. [applause] i just i am overcome with joy and excitement and enthusiasm importance and meaning because his place is off the whole. This is one of the best parks in San F