good afternoon, i am the chief building inspector with the department of building inspections brown bag lunch. we do this every third thursday of every month. this building behind me is one of san francisco s great landmarks, a designated landmark? it is on the national register list of historic buildings. with me i have a few guests, an old friend of mine and a partner who is a planner with the port of san francisco. welcome. thank you for coming along. and jane connors, who is the building manager. she will lead us on a walk through the building as we move along and talk about that as well. this is a fund and a unique place in san francisco, big, open space. a couple of times a week this is filled with a marketplace. 100 farmers. they are here on saturday. the farmers market is out front, and also on tuesday s we have about 60 farmers out front. and that is on the plaza? on saturday it is back here, and on tuesday it is in the front. i guess i am interested in
the use but also led to the development of the freeway in front of the ferry building, which in 1989 was damaged by the earthquake and demolished. lo and behold, we have a ferry building again after the earthquake? we have seen the city come around. the building was renovated and opened in 2003. at the downtown ferry terminal was expanded in 2009 perry in 2009. people are looking for other ways to cross the bay. they have found that the use of the ferry boats may have increased by three times it is today. a lot of people who are looking for alternative ways to get around, people who walk, bicycle, other transportation, less people are driving. it is not just the price of gas. it is fun to ride to work and along the riverfront. we see that on the weekend. the promise not it is just full of people coming down, just walking along the waterfront, ride a bike, take a walk. we re becoming one of the most public waterfronts in the country. once upon the time, the boats wou
and some of the smart people stay here because they said these people are going to need services, food, places to stay, entertainment. people bought land and made buildings. some people made their fortunes in the gold fields, but a lot of people who started their companies after the gold rush made it really big. some of them are still here, historic buildings, is sort restaurants historic restaurants, and we re trying very hard to preserve not just the physical brick and mortar of san francisco boat san francisco history, but there is also a real push to preserve the cultural, meaningful institutions, businesses, restaurants, other services. i encourage you all to support san francisco businesses. there are so many old restaurants. this is some serious chocolate. it is really good. q%? our groves were planted r 100 years ago. it is called the silver ridge ranch, and it is all spanish olives, extra virgin, less than 0.8% at the city. acidity. we offer a house plant,
the farmers market is out front, and also on tuesday s we have about 60 farmers out front. and that is on the plaza? on saturday it is back here, and on tuesday it is in the front. i guess i am interested in what happens. we have a plaza where the ferry boats used to come. what happened? the whole backside of the building was originally line for ferryboats. it could handle about 14 boats at one time. the building was built in 1898, and the ferry boats were very popular up until the bay bridge got built in the early 1930 s. at that time, the passengers shifted from taking the ferry boats out to going across the bridge and a ferry boat service diminished. the cars were a reduction in the use but also led to the development of the freeway in front of the ferry building, which in 1989 was damaged by the earthquake and demolished. lo and behold, we have a ferry building again after the earthquake? we have seen the city come around. the building was renovated and opened
with me i have a few guests, an old friend of mine and a partner who is a planner with the port of san francisco. welcome. thank you for coming along. and jane connors, who is the building manager. she will lead us on a walk through the building as we move along and talk about that as well. this is a fund and a unique place in san francisco, big, open space. a couple of times a week this is filled with a marketplace. 100 farmers. they are here on saturday. the farmers market is out front, and also on tuesday s we have about 60 farmers out front. and that is on the plaza? on saturday it is back here, and on tuesday it is in the front. i guess i am interested in what happens. we have a plaza where the ferry boats used to come. what happened? the whole backside of the building was originally line for ferryboats. it could handle about 14 boats at one time. the building was built in 1898, and the ferry boats were very popular up until the bay bridge got built in the ea