Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
The Presidio Trust wanted a big turnout, and that’s what they got. How many folks showed up last night at the Presidio Trust Public Board of Directors meeting? More than 500 and less than 1000. Read a vivid account here.
These poor souls had to wait about 45 minutes before being admitted, but nobody was “turned away,” as has been alleged. Across the street you can see the “First Amendment Area” at Moraga and Monkey. That’s the nicest time, place, manner free speech area this lawyer has ever seen.
The news of the evening is that public comment period will be extended to September, so expect another big meeting like this one. A transcript will be available soon, so let’s wait on that before getting into this too much.
Is there a NIMBY backlash developing among area youth?
The Mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom, was booed by a good chunk of the mob after he voiced support for the CAMP museum as well as the entire Presidio Trust proposal. Only in San Francisco….
In the words of world-famous architect Richard Gluckman, “Working in San Francisco is not like anywhere else.”
Here’s what Angelo King of the Bayview Hunter’s Point Project Area Committee has to say, and here’s the official case made for the museum:
Over one thousand works of art from every facet of modern art – from sculptures and video installations to paintings and prints.
Greening of the Main Post Parade ground that is now a parking lot into a magnificent public park.
Rehabilitating existing historic buildings
Hands-on artists, ceramic and photography studios
C.A.M.P. is privately funded and will be a gift to the people of San Francisco
To be continued…
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Sort of. Maybe people got their Bastille on over the weekend, instead of last night.
Down on Claude Lane in Union Square, instead of le jazz hot revelers got AC/DC’s Back in Black for at least part of the time anyway.
Clique to enlarge:
This what Belden Lane, home of Plouf, Cafe Bastille, B-44, and le Best-O-Burger, looked like later in the evening. Most people were just sitting around noshing.
See you next year?
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