Historic Preservation Commission

Please be advised that the notices provided below may not represent a complete list of items scheduled to be considered at a public hearing. For a complete list of items scheduled to be considered at a particular public hearing, please refer to the posted agenda.

Notice is hereby given to the general public that the Historic Preservation Commission will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on the matter below on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, beginning at 12:30 p.m. or later, in City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400.

Case No. 2016-014964COA: 100 Larkin Street – located on Larkin Street between Fulton Street and Grove Street (District 6) – Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for a temporary interactive installation to be located on the Larkin Street side of the San Francisco Public Library Main Branch Building within the Civic Center Landmark District. The installation is intended to be in place for one year and is designed by the Exploratorium in partnership with the SF Public Library. The project features columns with interactive exhibits about social psychology. Exhibits will invite people to connect with each other, confront biases, challenge conformity, practice generosity, and share stories. The Main Branch of the San Francisco Public Library was constructed in the mid-1990s, and designed by James Ingo Freed of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. It is a non-contributing structure to the Civic Center Landmark District. For further information, call Julie Flynn at (415) 575-9057 or email at Julie.A.Flynn@sfgov.org and ask about Case No. 2016-014964COA.

Persons who are unable to attend the scheduled Planning Commission hearing may submit written comments regarding these cases to the individuals listed for each case above at the Planning Department, 1650 Mission Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA  94103.  Comments received by 9:30 a.m. on the day of the hearing will be made a part of the official record and will be brought to the attention of the Planning Commission.

Pursuant to Government Code § 65009, if you challenge, in court, the approval of a conditional use, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Corey A. Teague
Zoning Administrator
Planning Department
1650 Mission Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA  94103

4/24/2019