By a blog on the lawn a tributary of the river running through. My plans to take a new tour around the lot valley. Im super excited about what awaits me on the strip the river the landscapes and that challenges allen counter along the way i have 25 kilometers ahead of me from via walk all the way to a town called one could. Go on the show we catch up with our globe trotter on his adventure and kyrgyzstan. One of our viewers shows us the sights and sounds of moscow. And we take you on a tour of frankfurt. But for now via the book just like many towns along the line this small city too has a spectacular palace this one was built in the 17th century and is considered one of the most remarkable baroque castles of the region. From here i get a great view of whats coming next and heading down to the river and out onto the water. So this is your motor on the level its a single blade paddle going on stilts public one hand up here the other down here place it in the water and roll by there are
Every year from around the world to our beautiful city. I want to tell you about another jewel of the San Francisco port that just celebrated 125 years. The San Francisco Ferry Building. [applause] in the 19th century, commuters and visitors traveled by train or ferry or both. A Ferry Terminal on the waterfront downtown was a practical necessity. It was the sfo of its day. Grand central station. But as we so often do, San Francisco built a practical space a world class beauty, with a 245 foot clock tower along arched arcade, and a interior worthy of a renaissance cathedral. At the foot of Market Street, a beautiful bridge from water to land, the Ferry Building announced to every commuter, every traveller, this is San Francisco. You have arrived. Until that is, [applause] until that is, in the late 1930s when two new bridges the bay and golden gate and rise of the automobile made the Ferry Building seem outdated and unwanted. Soon the grand interior converted to drab cuneals cubicles an
We dont know what day it happened . It is monumental history. Why dont we know . The sad reality of it is that this monumental occurrence was so major and unlike anything that had ever occurred before at that scale in the United States , that an effort to eliminate it from records and existence ensued. It persisted. And because of it, watershed moments in the lbgtq Civil Rights Movement followed. Such as the stonewall riots of 1969. So, the idea transgender History Month began to take shape via this train of thought. I thought about black History Month and womens History Month. Now national low recognized months. And the essential education and awareness that they bring to the general masses every year. That knowledge is critical in bringing awareness and understanding of the struggles and history that have taken place to get where we are now. When i wrote this procolumnation i had the honor of serving as director of social Justice Empowerment Initiative the transgender district the wo
Either little following ways email to the Government Audit Oversight Committee clerk if you submit by email forwarded to the supervisors and included as part of the initial files and sent a written communications to our office at dr. Cal to room 244 San Francisco, california 941 owe 2. Downtown support special use district please submit them to me before the end of meeting and silence all cell phones to prevent in any interruptions of todays proceeding and items are expected to appear on the board of supervisors on march 19th unless otherwise stated thank you you madam clerk call item agreement with a nonprofit Owners Association for Administration Management of the established propertybased Community Benefit district Community Benefit district Community Benefit district highways code, section 36651, for a period effective upon approval of this resolution,through december 31, 2033. Thank you um, and this item is sponsored by legislative audits and supervisor is here to welcome sir. Sup
With us tonight is mike presidency dio of the center for arts and culture. Prior to joining fort mason he was an nonprofit sf heritage in opened up the directors efficacy of the los angeles conservancy and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. We asked mike to moderate tonights program because his preservation work in los angeles is the subject of tonights talk in here in San Francisco. Thank you for being with us mike. Mike. Welcome and theyll hand the microphone over to you. Thank you so much frances. Such a pleasure to be here tonight with my two longtime friends and colleagues Ken Bernstein and Stephen Schafer to talk about their stunning new book preserving los angeles how preserving historical cities can transform americas cities published by angel city press. Dare i say this book is a monumentalda achievement in the preservation field. Ken has devoted his career h to enhancing the heritage of los angeles and when i joined in 2006 i had big shoes to fill. Ken had just lef