Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20240713

SFGTV Government Access Programming July 13, 2024

Building is nominated to the National Register under criteria a, the grand Oriented Hotel stands as a strong bond of community that it forged in the early 20th century in racism and discrimination and it was a critical source of Affordable Housing and the organization occupied the building for over eight decades providing a space toly and celebrate philippino culture. Although the building was sold in 2013 to mission housing, it will remain a force of Affordable Housing and is one of the larger cultural districts. Im happy to answer questions. Im paul barera. I would like to thank miss schultz and miss mcmillian for their presentations. I learned a little bit more. Its a community treasure. It reflects the strength, resolve and commitment to building to philippino life in the city which is the mission. When the monhuhgs established this grand, it was illegal and thats why they incorporated as a Masonic Lodge because that would allow them to purchase the property. So that sort of, you know, clever, positive thinking is something that we like to consider one of our legacies to carry on the work thats been established by our ancestors in this country. Its now a permanent site for Affordable Housing and its a testament to people power in the city and a crown jewel in the community. I would like to note that in one of the photos that francis shared, there was an image of steve arevalo, who was a manila town activist and certainly one of, like, the last ogs from the Hotel Movement and he recently passed as well so it was refreshing to see his face in front. That was a nice moment for me and i think if my colleagues were here, they would have enjoyed that as well. Theyre quite honoured to support this, to the National Register of Historic Places. I cant think of a better site in the city that reflects philippino life and strength. So thank you. Memberany members that woulde to make Public Comment . Good afternoon, commissioners. Im karen kye and im a board member of asian and Pacific Islander americans in historic preservation, also known as apia hip. Our consideratio organization so encourage the Pacific Islander communities in getting recognition for and preserving their community treasures. Dr. Don was one of our Board Members who is dearly missed. And its a pleasure to be here today to support a project that was very dear to her heart. And for very obvious reasons and so thank you, we appreciate your inclusion of this treasure and hope that you will indeed forward its nomination on. Thank you. Im sorry. I had a speaker card. Good afternoon. Im woody labounty from San Francisco heritage. I would like to thank and welcome commissioners fol earthquakes and soh and thank them for their willingness, to serve the committee in this role. There regards to the National Register nomination for 104106 south park. , heritage commendsthem. The grands philippino hotel is the significant site not only to the formation of the community, but with San Franciscos role as a gateway city, it is a significant site related to philippino ethnic heritage in the entire united states. We enthusiastically recommend the commission adopt a resolution supporting this nomination. Thank you. Any a members of the public wish to make Public Comment . Closing Public Comment and bringing it back to the commission. Any commissioners, comment, public . Yes, i move we adopt the resolution of support of this nomination to the National Register of Historic Places foul. I second that. Francis, is this going to be the very first National Register nom nationomination for the phio community . Do you know . I believe so. I think it is. It is in the county and city of San Francisco but nationbody. Nationwood. I think stockton. The only that i wanted to make is maybe i know you cannot dedicate this report to dr. Movelon, but maybe you could add in a footnote of her and her efforts in making there is a footnote where i added that. I just saw her name mentioned. Maybe if that could be called out more because she was such an active person in promoting preservation in the ful full pho community. Were any oral histories taken to support this nomination . I dont believe so. I mean erica may have additional information. But as a part of the soma context statement that was created, there are oral histories that were created. To maybe possibly include one or to, i think that would make this nomination even more powerful than it is. Thank you. Im sorry, there was a motion and was there a second . There was. So commissionerrerings, justf your resolution, you can call out and ask the ohp to further recognise the doctor. I would like to do that and include an oral history regarding this no this nominati. We really relied on this to help us support a project and that project could had a lot more strength, had oral histories been added. So im looking ahead to rely on this, specificallily in the underrepresented communities. So if thats a proposed amendment to the motion yes. I accept that amendment. Any seconds . Yes, second. Do you accept the proposed very gad, good, we adopt a resolution in support of the nomination with commissioners recommendations. On that motion . roll call . So moved and that passes 60. Were on item 12. This is 1830 sutter street. As president highland comes back, ill be asked to recuse myself from this particular item. I move you be recused and recommend we install a revolving door. Thank you. Commissioner black . roll call . That motion passed 60. Good afternoon. Francis mcmillian. The item before you is a National Register nomination for the japanese ywca womens building at 1830 sutte resource street. R strategy. They will comment on National Registries and forwarded to the state presente preservation. The building is a twostory wood framed structure in a japanese eclectic stool. Style. Its on the east side elevation. Its A Cross Gable flat and consists of wood, multilike casements. One story overraised based from the west elevation. It consists of aluminum windows. The japanese ywca is in the area of japanese ethnic heritage and social history for its associations with the struggles and accomplishments of the women and African American ethic heritage. During world war ii, 1830 subtler was turned over the to ywca. Contact tduring this period, thg was the location of numerous gatherings that advanced multiple, political and social causes, including the state for africanamerican civil rights. Russ continue h. There wasthey hk course at the building. During the occupying of 1830 1830 subtler, ther sutter. reading from document . The period of significance from 19321959 encompasses the relocation to another site. As noted, the San Francisco ywca moved into the building in 1960 and programmed it to the late 1990s when he announced the buildings failed. The japanese american redress, a group of japanese americans lead a successful, legal struggle to retain title to the buildings to be kept in use for the benefit of the Japanese Community. It is anticipated that the Community Effort to retain the building for japanese use will be for significance in the future. Staff agrees under criteria a with the ethnic heritage and struggles and accomplishments. Staff agrees the building is locally significant for the civil rights and lgbtq right. The commissioner may recommend the nomination, not recommend the nomination or recommend the nomination be revised. Comments may be added to the resolution in your packets and forwarded to the reservation. This concludes my presentation. There are two patrons available for your questions. Do you have an idea of how much time you would need . Three or five. A couple of minutes. And karen probably another. Three each, ok. Good afternoon. My name is kathy and im executive director of the Little Friends and with me is karen kye, a former board member and current member of our Capital Campaign committee. On behalf of the organization, we thank you for your consideration of our facility to the National Register of Historic Places. We woulin addition, mr. Hashimoo couldnt make it today but wanted us to state his support for nomination. There was a preschool programme in japan town in 1975. For nearly 44 years, we leased property from the golden gate institute, another historic japan town institution. The organization approached the ywca, the San Francisco ywca to lease space in the former japanese facility to open a second preschool programme and we have operated there ever since. In 2012, there was the owner and steward of the womens building through an outofcourt settlement. We made a commitment for use of the Japanese American Community and we have continued to keep this promise. We hope the recognition of this resource will promote the unique history and significance and allow the womens struggles in overing those struggles. I walkethe first type i walked o 18318301830 sutter, it was so rk bibleremarkable and i had no idf its history and understand why it looked so japanese. I thought some day, this would be great to learn more about. I got that chance in 1996 when the San Francisco ywca announced that they were evicting all tenants in order to sell the building. This moved the Japanese American Community to organize to save the building. There was a glimmer of hope that was offered by vague memories from people who sort of remembered that there was something about a right to purchase the building because the japanese had actually built it. It was soon discovered the San Francisco ywca held paper title to the building and that was due to the california alien land laws which forbid persons ineligible for citizenship, a euphemism for japanese americans, from owning real property. Although it was paid for, they were legally barred from owning it outright. The modernday San Francisco ywca decided to deny this history and the courage of their own predecessors whose sense of justice compelled them to enter into a legal trust and that exposed them to the possibility of liability and even arrest for evading the alien land law. And the Japanese American Community decided having lost so many Cultural Properties through the internment of japanese americans during world war ii, through the destruction and diaspra during the redevelopment and exclusion from je gent gentrification was formed. We hope youll continue supporting us. Public comment . Any members of the public wish to comment. Im sorry im late. Im auggi philip and my children took part and they, i guess they themselves are fifth generation from the western edition. Aside from all of these wonderful reasons why this building is important for this nomination, i think also just that the architect herself that julian morgan, she did this work for this building pro bono and i think that says a lot. She did it for a specific reason. She believed in the women that were her clients and believed in the cause and community. So shes probably the most important architect from california to this day that a female architect, if not from the united states. So please support this project. Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon, commissioners. Im robert rusky. I had the honor to be colead counsel in the litigation returning the building to the community and as karen mentions, the owner who has not only promised but more than lived up to the promise of the steward of the building and perpetuate who were introduced to the history, the National Importance of the history that the building represents. Theres some structures that are important because of the people or the events or both that happen in them. And others seem to take on a character and a life of their own and almost seem to attract those very people and events that make them important. In my mind, the womens legacy building is one of those buildings. Both architecture and cultural history make it eminently qualified in my view for national, local and state, historic recognition and i urge you to approve the recommendation for national recognition. Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon. Im from the sanfrancisco heritage. San francisco heritage is dedicated to preservation of the citys architectural legacy but also to sites that have important connections to the diverse cultures, subcultures, emergent social history and political movements that make San Francisco singular and extraordinary. In 1830 sut ter, you have most of the character defined features in tact. But a building which is locally significant to japanese and american ethnic heritage. You have the africanamerican civil rights and lgbtq rights movements. This is a site well detailed prepared by donna graves and the Planning Department and we strongly recommend a resolution to support the nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. And i would like to add, you know, with redevelopment that had gone through the area after world war ii, this is a pretty singular building with japanese style that represents the Japanese Community that was there before internment removed it. This is another thing to consider. Thank you. Closing Public Comment. Back to the commission. Commissioner perlman . I do have one question for miss mcmillen. Is there a reason why julia morgan is not identified as one of the identifiers for the area . I focused on the social history of the building. And so focusing more on that and not on architecture. I would have to check and see if its referenced in other nominations. I believe thats the strength of the nomination was developed. One of you said its about doing whats right. From the architect who said i will do it pro bono to the group of women who said, we have to do something for our community through, you know, all the way to the present and the current ownership, its just a very moving story. Its the history of communities doing the right thing for the right reasons so i heartly endorse. This. I move we adopt the resolution. I second it. Did you have a comment . I want to second it. Theres a motion that has been seconded to off adopt a resolution supporting the nomination. Roll call . Pair rol rol crime . The motion passed 50. Were on item 13. Good afternoon. Im the preservation planner for Environmental Review of the 447 battery street project. Joining me is the senior environmental planner for the project. Members of the sponsored team are present, as well. Today were here to give the commission an opportunity to provide its comments on the adequacy of the alternatives for inclusion in the Draft Environmental Impact report which is scheduled to be published in spring of 2020. The building is on the southeast corner of battery and merchant streets. Constructed in 1907 to the designs of act tex architect frk vantrese, this was a coffee center. This was adopted by the board of supervisors in 1970 as an official inven inventory. This determined that the subject building is individually eligible for the california register of Historical Resources under criterion 1 for the associations with post 1906 reconstruction and the historic San Francisco coffee industry and under criterion 3, as an example of 20th warehouse and type which has become increasingly rare. The period of significance is 1907 to 1967. The building is not located in a noted district. Character to defining features are the rectangular footprint, the configuration of storefront entries on the ground story, the rhythm and upper story window openings and brick hornace. The new building will be alter with new awnings. The Planning Department proposed this does not meet secretary of the interior standard for rehabilitation 2, 9 and 10. The project would negate the Historic Property status as a building through the demolition of the facade and entire roof and structure. Furthermore, the new 18story building that would rise out this would be incompatible in size and scale. Therefore, the proposed project would cause a exhibit and unavoidable impact to the historic resource. Purpose to the California Environmental quality act or sequa, any project that results in an unavoi avoidable resourcet identify impacts, analyzes feasible alternatives and describes measures. This is to solicit comments from the Preservation Commission on the adequacy on the alternatives for inclusion in the Draft Environmental Impact report. In audition to the required noproject alternative, the team developed a full preservation alternative with a twostory rooftop addition and alterations in interiorinterventions. You will now hand the preservation over to the project team describing the project and alternatives in graduato greate

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