The new should match the original and does not change the features as you can see on the right with the basic aluminum clad window which has altered the historic appearance of the building. Standard 7 and 8 7 is mentioned sandblasting again, surface cleaning. That was more of an issue in the past than the present. And standard 8 is the idea of repair rather than replace. You want to fix something if its fixable, especially if its an important feature to replace the property. The final ones, i think the ones well spend much of today talking about are standards 9 and 10 are new additions and alterations. Nine focuses on not destroying historic materials and says the new work shall be differentiated from the old and shall be compatible with the scale and architectural features. This is the area of great confusion. You can see that example from new york city where they stuck a skyscraper within a historic [inaudible] building and that is not compatible. The question that i think well spend
Secretary of interior standards. One of the challenges we have is does the property have integrity or not and it become an on off switch. And in fact, when you heard some of the comments about a building being stuccoed over or the corner tower got lopped off, youre not dealing with a property that doesnt have integrity, but its got a b as opposed to an a or f in integrity. Thats one recommendation were trying to move forward with this is to consider a gradient of integrity rather than it does or it doesnt. I think thats important as we go forward. Guidelines give you the opportunity to create clarity. You might not have as much of a question as you do for the whole category for resources across the country. Thank you. Commissioner john. Sure. Yes, more along the line of resources, i want to review the [inaudible] you wrote an excellent article that you read and you have some other articles that have been submitted to us over the last year and we had this report and up here we have your
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Meet the man who has restored more than 100 Victorian home facades in San Francisco
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Skeeter Jones poses in front of one of Victorian homes he restored in San Francisco on Feb. 5, 2021. For more than 40 years, Jones has specialized in restoring the facades of old Victorian homes.Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE
There’s maybe nothing more emblematic of San Francisco than the Victorian home. Without these historic structures, delighting everyone from tourists to longtime residents, would the city still feel the same?
For Skeeter Jones, a craftsman focused on restoring the fronts of these famous structures, his whole job is ensuring that Victorian homes remain the architectural and historical fixture of the city. From restoring original, lost details to reconstructing what disappeared in a stucco transformation, Jones may be the only person in the city that does exactly what he does, approaching facade restoration like an artist approaches a canvas.