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San Francisco preservation commission opens study of facade retention, schedules workshop
Summary
The Historic Preservation Commission received a wide-ranging presentation on facade-retention approaches, heard public preservation advocates criticize superficial 'facadeism' (notably the Pine Street project), and agreed to pursue a staff/ARC workshop of local case studies before issuing firm guidance.
The San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission on Monday began a sustained inquiry into facade retention, hearing a presentation that laid out six types of approaches and drawing commissioners’ agreement to pursue a workshop and additional review rather than immediate policy change.
Justin Greving, a Planning Department preservation specialist, told the Commission that the review grew out of an earlier resolution asking for preservation alternatives and that facade retention had been left for fuller discussion. "This is an opportunity to start that dialogue about what facade retention means to the commissioners," Greving said, outlining examples ranging from standalone ornamental fragments to large-scale "hollowed-out core" projects where an exterior shell is retained and a new interior built.
The presentation grouped…
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