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Noe Valley resident urges commission to examine 'facadism' in remodels

San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission · February 3, 2016
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A Noe Valley resident told the commission that many remodels may amount to demolitions or 'facadism,' presenting photo examples and saying her review suggested about 40% of cases were mischaracterized; commissioners heard the concern during general public comment.

Georgia Shutish, a Noe Valley resident, told the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission on Feb. 3 that the city should scrutinize remodels she said were effectively demolitions and urged attention to what she called 'facadism.'

Shutish presented a series of before-and-after photographs and said her case review of several projects indicated that "maybe…

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