Hon. Commissioners director forbes and port seven thank you for allowing me the opportunity to tell you about pier 39 birthday celebration. In the late 1970s savvy San Francisco businessman Warren Simmons dreams of building an urban park along the citys underdeveloped waterfront. October 4, 1978 simmons dream became a reality. When he transformed his dilapidated cargo pier into pier 39 and eclectic collection of Specialty Shops restaurants and attractions. The First Public Private Partnership project built along the embarcadero since world war ii pier 30 on pave the way for future development on alongside the bait. In the beginning the property was built in controversy and various legal battles. After opening to the public it was evident that tenant sales were much lower than anticipated. Due to these issues and only three years after opening to the public pier 30 or so to warren souths forte was to take undervalued and underperforming Retail Properties and bring them to their full pot
Report good afternoon members of the commission. Members of the public and port simon lake forbes or director. The first item is to congratulate pier 30 on august 30 ninth birthday. It was october of 1978 that pier 39 opened on schedule i here to here in San Francisco. At its opening pier 39 had 50 stores, 23 restaurants, a diving pool and street performers. Today it is a twolevel open air festival marketplace which owes 60 Specialty Retail shops 20 attractions 14 restaurants including the rock cafe and bubblegum shrimp cold pier 30 on offers breathtaking views of the bait out because Golden Gate Bay bridge and the 300 berth marina and live daily entertainment. One in three visitors to San Francisco goes to pier 39. Today we have kept the paper here. Shes the Senior Vice President of marketing for pier 39 and shes come here to talk to us about the yearlong celebration that pier 39 is kicking off an Senior Vice President she is responsible for the continued development and implementatio
Creating Severe Weather in ohio when they arrives during the afternoon hours. Going to be a fast moving system. There will be a brief period of heavy rain. Its going to move so fast. Not expecting flooding. The main threat from this is from damaging winds. Thats why weve issued a first alert. Potential for severe thunderstorms for all neighborhoods this afternoon between 2 00 and into the early evening hours. Now it looks like it might be moving quicker offshore. 7 00, these showers ands will be gone. They move through strong thunderstorms could turn severe leading to damaging winds, tornados, and hail. Frequent lightning just like we saw over the weekend. Setup is very similar. Very warm air mass. A lot of moisture racing into the area. 50s across the area. Look at these. Temperatures look nowhere near what we normally see on the first of march. You can see a little bit of fog in the delaware. 57 degrees right now. The fob will clear out. 56 degrees a chance of storms this morning. 66
, andemale cast, director playwright. Joining me now are the stars, lupita nyongo, the writer, deny danaia d gurrira, and the director. What is the connection to the play that was put on in 2009 . I it is the same play. And out of some amazing synchronicity, lou peter yell atas walking in to the time. At the yell school of drama, you yet yale school of drama, you get assigned to understudy, and that is the first show i was assigned. We had worked on it before we got to jail and done rigorous work with the script. Le and done rigorous work with the script. Charlie what were you creating in your own mind . What is the story . Thehe big picture story was story about how human beings survive under untenable. Ituations charlie and what it is within them that enables them to survive. And what is it in each individual that makes their path different from someone elses path. Circumstances are similar. In your living under war and oppression, but every single play makes ahe different decision.
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