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Resident urges commission to review Japantown changes that would alter Ruth Asawa installation
Summary
A Japantown resident asked the Historic Preservation Commission to place a public-works plan affecting Osaka Way on its agenda, saying new planter benches would obscure a designated Ruth Asawa installation; planning staff said the project is under historic-resource review and staff is looking into impacts.
Masako Takahashi told the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission during general public comment on May 21, 2025, that planned public-works changes to Osaka Way in Japantown would irreparably alter a long-standing Ruth Asawa public-art installation and urged the commission to place the project on its agenda.
Takahashi, who identified herself as a member of the Takahashi family with longtime businesses in Japantown, said the block-long installation of…
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