Nuisance sculptures he maintenance smallscale skurlz please well, mr. Cliff thank you and thank you congresswoman pelosi and mayor ed lee for your comments. This building and project represents many things i want to talk about the roll of art in the contemporary society. Within their design convalescence program. This court yard was done within the program. This program offered the opportunity to work with architect and engineers and significant collaborations that integrate art into the general mifgsdz public buildings. During this collaboration i had the pleasure to work with jennifer and ken barker in washington and don davis. As well as others from the construction site. And we also had an excellent contractor. That my most significant professional collaboration in the project was with two people don doug last from the Fine Arts Program and cliff low. Cliff lows sensitive were structural for me to create the landscape ribbons. Don douglas demanded the best quality. The sculptor in
Democracy. We have to make decisions about how to allocate resources that just dont build a structure and create jobs that way or a place to work and create jobs that way but to grow the economy in the surrounding area. That is what it makes it a model to the nation and thats what San Francisco is also ready and able to do. As we bring life into the building this is renovated in the Great Recession and now ready for another service hopefully it is something well be calling the great come back of our economy. I think mayor ed lee and everyone here for our leadership all your leadership because its more than a building its more than a workplace or a you mean its to growth and regional its the link from the past a great past as the un plaza to the future and i couldnt be happier to be here with you to celebrate that. So thank you very much all very much. Thank you so much congresswoman your leadership in the house that passed the recovery act not only helped to create and save millions of
But we need to give applause to the contract officer. clapping. and what an honor to move into this building and to demonstrate evidence in order to have Strong Partnership you need to have strong collaboration when you have a chance to walk around the building youll see we created open spaces for people to collaborate and, breakdown the hierarch so we can recognize the innovation that mayor ed lee and this Incredible Community has demonstrated. I also learned by Walking Around the building this symbolize some ways of understanding our past and a future. Here on the overview of veterans day titus it make sense toy vitality and open this building. I have an opportunity to look at the history a retired admiral gave me the history. Hey i didnt know we have another oral office now i do laughter but after helping us to protect our country and freedom across the world what a great opportunity to do the work we do in a building that has provided history. And we try to contribute to a better h
With the talent of the people in g s a. Weve wanted to work outside of our bureaucracies. This is the new government were producing here locally and we want to match that we have great partner like our libraries and museums and were going to compliment that. We can only do that to embrace the opportunity not only to make mistakes but better sufficiency and involve more people and housing and economic opportunity. This is what Market Street isal about its our main corridor in San Francisco. And thats why for so many years even before the Companies Technology came to be there were those artists from a. C. T. , from the theatres, from the costume shop and their great Arts Foundation burning man they were trying to get some life 90 in the story front and with that risktaking came some attraction but its symbolic with the Publicprivate Partnership we help them and they us. My job and i know nancy pelosi has done it im following here lead to sustain that success to open up those opportunitie
Historically on the United Nations first its be packed our country with the rest of the world. 24 is history and to them showcase this building respectfully and to see the plaza this g s a building compliment the work were doing with Center Market street and right now 3 years later after the groundbreaking we have 15 companies to relocate here we have 5 thousand residential unit being built in the 3 block radius and a 26 percent of them are going to be affordable. We want to create opportunity to work and live in the city to be creative and to be include in the Economic Opportunities here. So im working with anyone else Technology Companies but companies that decided to move into midmarket even without the innovative of a Tax Exemption and 3 of the companys said were coming because of the talent here in the city. I know theyre to be matched with the talent of the people in g s a. Weve wanted to work outside of our bureaucracies. This is the new government were producing here locally an