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Resident urges commission to review Public Works plan for Japantown "Osaka Way" plazas and Ruth Asawa fountains
Summary
A Japantown resident asked the commission to place Public Works' proposed plaza changes on an agenda, expressing concern the proposed benches and planters would obscure and irreparably alter public art by Ruth Asawa.
Masako Takahashi, a longtime Japantown resident and member of the Takahashi family, addressed the Historic Preservation Commission during general public comment on May 21 to urge review of a proposed Public Works project affecting Osaka Way (sometimes called Buchanan Mall) and the block-long Ruth Asawa fountain installation.
"This is what it looks like today with a Ruth Asawa fountain in the foreground... If they put in these benches, as you can see, it will irreparably alter the design," Takahashi said, showing…
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