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Rec & Park staff outline $200,000 immediate needs and $5 million retrofit for Mothers' Building murals
Summary
Rec & Park staff presented a structural assessment of the Mothers' Building at the zoo, estimating immediate stabilization at roughly $200,000 and a long-term seismic retrofit and mural conservation at about $5 million (2015 dollars); staff and advocates said they will seek emergency stabilization funds and grants and present to the Rec & Park Commission.
Stacy Bradley, deputy director of planning at the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department, told the Historic Preservation Commission on March 2 that a conditions assessment by ARG identified immediate, short-term and long-term actions needed to conserve the Mothers' Building and its WPA-era murals.
"The immediate is really to stop the the degradation of the building, and protect what's there right now," Bradley said, summarizing the assessment’s first priority and an estimated immediate cost of "about $200,000." She added the zoo has provided some in-kind help —…
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