waiting room. the port was very intrigued by the local business uses that would be down here. it took about four years to restore the building, and it took close to two years to lease it because we started early in the redevelopment of the building. we are fully leased. lots of wonderful partisans lots of wonderful artisans. unqualified success. in the 1950 s, after the bridges were built, the port and the ferries stopped in the late 1950 s. at the port was looking for new ways to build revenue. that is when they started to chop up the building on the second and third floor into small offices. that brought revenue, but also took away a lot of the historic elements. it was mostly restaurants beneath. then in 1972, the ferry started. in 1989, we had the earthquake that rendered the double decker freeway on safe. unsafe. in 1989, the ferry building was a symbol of the earthquake because the clock stopped and the flagpole on the top was tipped over at 10 degrees. this b
it is a separate government organization. the primary mission as described by state land, number one, to provide for maritime commerce, navigation. no. 2, it is to protect natural resources. third, it provides facilities that attract people to the waterfront. that is what the state land commission is. the port does not share a budget with the city. they cannot collect any tax revenue. they do not have any taxing authority. the port lives and dies by the revenue it generates on the port property. how is the ferry building doing in terms of creating revenue? it has been phenomenally successful. we are fully leased. the active merchants are incredibly happy to be part of the vibrant community. this is one of the most see places in san francisco. anybody who comes here from out of town, you have to walk through the ferry building. there are a lot of visitors here. definitely a lot of locals, too, who feel strongly about the connection to the marketplace. you were ment
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
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 i
it was rendered unsafe or compromised. they had thought about taking the clock tower down, but it has remained largely intact. we will talk more about the clock tower later on. it is beautiful. somehow or another, this big platform got built. do you know approximately when? in the 1970 s, the park came in. they built the platform. it building and underneath this platform and across the bay. this was developed as part of the bart transportation strategy? correct, and the park construction at that time. it is not on this plaza, separated a little bit, let s colligate e let s call it gate e. it is adjacent. it them every now and then i talk to people who are out of town and people say where is the giant ball park. i say that it is next to pier 40. they make the assumption that it is next to pier 39, but we know that is not true. the numbering is bob and even. it the numbering is odd and even. then north of the ferry building we have pier one. 1, 3, and 5 have