recreation commission at the time that said no, we need to do something more substancive, more significant and they decided to reach out got a that built the city hall and the opera house in that great beaux-arts style. for those of you visiting, come down 8:30 to 5:30 monday through friday to city hall and enjoy one of the most remarkable civic institutions anywhere in the united states. it was done by arthur brown. designed by arthur brown, who came up with this concept. people thought for years that this, and i kid you not, and i know the chief will talk a bit more about some of the legacy and the hysterics and a lot of the rumors about what this was purported to be designed on behalf but i ll leave that and no, it s not what you were thinking. that is shameful, really. just not right. but the fact was there were a lot of rumors about this, including the rumors that it was filled, i kid you not, this is a true story, and if san francisco, all of you that love those san f
love them anyway. if you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives, do good anyway. if you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies but succeed anyway. the good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow but let s do good today anyway. honesty and frankness will make you vulnerable but let s be honest and frank anyway. the biggest ideas with the can be shot down by the smallest of minds. what you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. let s keep building anyway because people need help but they attack you when you help them but let s keep helping them anyway and give the world the best you got and you ll get kicked in the teeth, but guess what, give the world the best you got anyway. thank you very much. i d like to welcome everybody here today, october 25, for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of coit tower. [applause] to begin our production today, the san francisco fire department is going to perform an official ladd
through friday to city hall and enjoy one of the most remarkable civic institutions anywhere in the united states. it was done by arthur brown. designed by arthur brown, who came up with this concept. people thought for years that this, and i kid you not, and i know the chief will talk a bit more about some of the legacy and the hysterics and a lot of the rumors about what this was purported to be designed on behalf but i ll leave that and no, it s not what you were thinking. that is shameful, really. just not right. but the fact was there were a lot of rumors about this, including the rumors that it was filled, i kid you not, this is a true story, and if san francisco, all of you that love those san francisco stories will probably believe it, they thought it was filled with tomato sauce. it was a big part of the rumor and folklore around coit tower and that it had secret pipes this is a true story secret pipes that would be pumped into all the restaurants in the north
i d like to welcome everybody here today, october 25, for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of coit tower. [applause] to begin our production today, the san francisco fire department is going to perform an official ladder-raising ceremony. to explain specifically what the activities are is retired captain jack mccloskey. thank you very much. this ladder s been in use in the san francisco fire department for many years, predating area ladders. this particular one is built in 1925 by our central shops and they do a fantastic job out there. the foreman of this ladder crew is larry mcdonald with the american flag on his back. as the ladder goes up it weighs 550 pounds, takes 10 people with the ropes and can reach a height of six stories the to sing the national anthem we are very honored to have andrew bidlock, an adler fellow from the san francisco opera. orgse say can you see by the dawn s early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight s last gleaming
including the rumors that it was filled, i kid you not, this is a true story, and if san francisco, all of you that love those san francisco stories will probably believe it, they thought it was filled with tomato sauce. it was a big part of the rumor and folklore around coit tower and that it had secret pipes this is a true story secret pipes that would be pumped into all the restaurants in the north beach area. that s not true? that s not true. see, the italian speak ve of the house is speaker of the house is shocked to hear that may not be true. but it s again part of that narrative of this great city that makes us very proud to be members of the community and it s in that spirtd, the spirit of lily coit, the spirit in which she contributed so much of her life s work to give us this remarkable symbol of the passion and the love she had for our city that makes our city so special and so great. happy 75th anniversary and thank you all very much for being out here