Have been attacked a number of times with the graffiti and that is it. And the doors themselves were attacked with the brake fluid and acid three weeks ago and i was up on pointing one side of the building myself to get rid of all of the damn graffiti and right now it is being eaten by whoever did this damn thing and we have told the police and they have us on a watch in this area right now there is a lot of tax going on to the buildings and what we are trying to do is hurry up and getting it done and getting the cameras in is but as i said we have got all of this done, and like japanese writing all over the doors right now. From the brake fluid. And in addition, someone has already reattached the doors with screwdrivers and so there are holes and holes and they are in bad shape. I will encourage. If you could keep them and put them on display somewhere. I appreciate your attitude towards restoring the building and i would encourage you to Pay Attention to the delicate details because
We have already undertake rn and it is proposed and the path of the presentation that i put together and it was included in the packages, and the Biggest Issue with this building was near death it was horrendously savaged by two nights and it was destroyed, 25 percent of the Structural Integrity and i am thinking now that we said enough about all of the structural issues and we feel a little bit like the last samarui and tell me how he died. I will tell you how he lived. And that is how i feel about the building and we have gone into and. And we recently uncovered. And it was the history is all about us and there were more in the buildings where we lived and from them, we can begin to understand what shape pass lives of people and i have been lucky during my career to have lived in great cities with beautiful architecture and paris has the gorgeous, and london with the great natural museums and the Science Museum and the recent with the Railway Station and the San Francisco historic bu
The small window . S could those be retained . Our goal in that portion is to retain as much as possible. And this however, at the bottom are all chewed out and not in contact with the concrete and so the force is actually going by in the redwood into the concrete and so if we can, we can insure it in place and repair it as much as we can. And however, we would want to replace the windows in kind with new insulated at the very least. They will make sure that they walk and they look exactly the same. And and the foundation needs to be replaced underneath and and it will be shored in order to help with the foundation and cut in the bottom of the stoves to the good wood and put in the new plate there and so we do hope to save that portion of the facade and the stream line modern portion of the west and it is beyond the repair and completely disintegrated and the whole western side of the building is 12 inches and as a result of this and this that was going on at the foundation. And that p
Were part of the approvele and that was a great role for the arc and good to have that kind of advice and we dont have to pay for it. The drawings prior to going to the shop drawings. And we would not want to be showing any of the building process down because these are details that would not have even gone to the fabricator. Could we name it so that the sponsor is not over reaching and that the storefront is our prime concern is that what we want to see . Right. The front and doors zme. Entrance doors. Yes. Yes. If i may, commissioners. We have the shop drawings in, and the latest revision that was submitted was a tweak of that. Her teams recommendations that we have and we match the potty styling on the outside and really just, and we would not want to hold up the process, so that we could at least get started with the structural work and work at a staff level with tim and shelly and find in the shop drawings and. If i might, if they are already in existence and i would love to get t
Played an exciting role in the 60s when San Francisco was the start of capitol for psychedelic rock bands, i remember those times very well because 45 years ago this summer, i was a British University student. And the holy sea of the fillmore west where joplin were playing, and so last week, when george went into the building and saying that i am back. And i am traveling back in time to where george in the building and in the late 60s and was a Founding Member of the first psychedelic rock bands and the living covers for the local grups and the messages service, and the stories for the businesses who worked and partied in the building and we could not remember who installed the green garden in the basement of the building. And i smiled and i told him that we had to take it a light lighter in the watering system. And he did remember the space and they were part of the old road crew and they provided the sound equipment in 69 and Jefferson Airplane and the velvet underground and they hav