test, test, test, test, test test like to welcome everyone to the historic meeting for wednesday, september 18th. please know that we doesn t allow any disruption. like to take roll. (calling names) commissioners first on your calendar is general public comment and the public may address the items that are within the jurisdiction with expectation to agenda. each member of the public may address the commission up to 3 minutes. i have no cards do i have any member of the public wishing to speak on items not on our agenda? thank you then seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners that will place you under department matters. good morning the director will be joining us shortly. however, the report contains the information and i ll answer any questions commissioners any questions seeing none, we ll move on. past reviews and announcements. good afternoon week after a vacation. and the planning commission scald much of its meeting while this commission was o
for a community and people of color and for san francisco at large. i brought a letter i know you require 10 or 15 but i hope you take s it and copy it on behalf of our department thank you, sir. and you ll have other statements. thank you. (calling names). commissioners thank you for your attention to this today. i m dr. kenneth i m here to ask you designate this maushg us bookstore the architect maintenance the soviet and the commercial facade around it. still for me a sober and civic activists it should be designated as a landmark. the marcus has told stores and shaped there maushg us willing shaped the nation. since most of you are going to hear many stories an for example, it was a site of numerous poetry and other arts. maushg us what the save haven that shaped the phil more so still going on things. the owners julian and ray richardson provided the state for sober justice they provided the is that a for the constitute stylists who resolution listed the black st
intellectualism. it s hosted so many incredible fingers like rosa parks and others. it s iconic and appropriate that the historic preservation has been asked to keep this historic plays. only the occupants in that building a historic i think the buildings age and narrow escape disproves that. i would remind i thought national regulatory that the commission uses the criteria says a building may receive historic landmark status because it has a board pattern of our history or are sobered with persons significant in our past. without question this building rises to that level. some have suggested that the commission delay considering this landmark status i commend we can t let that be deferred by it s present circumstances. nor can we see the time between the past and present. orwell s said he who controls the past controls the future. this is recognizing our history in japan town and so it may have a chance to survive in the future. history is not a static and landmarks don t s
we appreciate everyone the commission members, supervisor breed and everyone else who has come to our support important we re not here to beg or ask for salvation but redemption. again beside me is my lovely wife karen johnson. someone mentioned the present vs. the past we re the present. we now introduce you to a gentleman we re going to go into our speaker cards. to the san francisco historic preservation committee i m with the san francisco state university where i teach. i m the form leader of the san francisco civil rights movement when people could on the work in their own communities. we willing busting u busted open opportunities for a blacks. the store was the historic site first for japanese-americans and they were incarcerated. and then from 6 to 45 thousand i know the history from julian who basically scald the scholarship in black studies. and before there was an installation called black studies this was an institution called marcus bookstore. dr. was the deep
most of the posters here are four specific shows or tours. i am hired by the bands or the venue. what is the inspiration behind these posters? no, disease of the related to the bay and, of course. music it is related to the band, of course the musical content or isn t related to the bed. album covers can come from anywhere. class actress was great. we have been having so much fun. i did not realize how beautiful the cal academy looks than that. what other events take place here? we do corporate events that night on a regular basis. but nightlife is your best bet to come in as a regular person pharmacy the academy at night, and visit with friends. calacademy.org/nightlife. we have details for the next few weeks. you can get tickets online in advance or at the door. thank you so much. thank you for watching culturewire on sf gov tv. test, test, test, test, test, test test like to welcome everyone to the historic meeting for wednesday, september 18th. please