through a quirk in zoning when the embarcadero freeway was removed, the owner of the gateway apartments own a cherished recreation facility that is in this zone miszoned for 85 but housing. now the developers want even more. why would he want to virtually eliminate the one recreational component the gateway renters can enjoy it seems like it would help to rent apartments, right? agreed comes into play again. mr. food stands to make mr. fu stands to make more money by selling the land and getting the action on three future sales. do you want to toss out a 50- year consensus policy of not raising heights along the embarcadero so that a developer can build high-rise vacation homes for the 0.5%? do you want to destroy a place where 2000 san franciscans work out and enjoy the only outdoor tennis and swimming facilities in the city? these the same middle class families the city wants to keep your. do you forever want to block their common views from the very building ferry bu
thank you. lee radner, mason grigsby. good morning. lee radner with the friends of golden gateway. i will be brief. can i have the overhead? there we go. thank you. you are looking at a view from the brand new and beautiful park looking right at washington street. the view includes the ferry building. the view on your right is what will happen when these massive buildings go up along washington with a stone wall right in front of the park. john king recently wrote an article about this project. i do not generally totally agree with john, but he did not appreciate the heights. he did say the best part of the project was on the ground floor. it was a summer ago that we presented to you the a in the report a &d report that includes these aspects plus recreational space, the views, and the amenities that the neighborhood and people have now. we can live much better without 0.5% living in stone, glass structures that have no meaning for the middle class people who live in th