i am now a retired college professor, editor and chief publisher and co-founder of the black scholar, journal of black studies and research which is now in its 41st year. san francisco has seen a drastic decline in its black population from 1948 on to the present as a consequence of the california redevelopment act of 1945. in the fillmore, 4,729 businesses were forced to close. 2,500 households were pushed out and 883 victorian houses were demolished, destruction was huge business. with the destruction of the fillmore, a powerful matrix of black arts and leadership also perished and indigenous jazz scene, blues, maya angelou, danny glover, johnny mathis all have their routes roots in the western addition. the major vestige is the booker t. washington community center which has been in san francisco since 1917. the rec and services communities and in drafting 50 apartments into a new five-story structure. what seems to be the sticking point is 15 feet of height. laterally b