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Commission upholds Planning Department's PMND for Commonwealth Club redevelopment after heated preservation debate
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to uphold a preliminary mitigated negative declaration for the Commonwealth Club's proposed rehabilitation and addition at 110 Embarcadero, after extended public testimony from preservationists, labor groups and historians pressing to preserve the Embarcadero facade as landmark-quality. Commissioners found the Stewart Street facade is the primary historic resource and recommended design/mitigation measures and public interpretation.
The Planning Commission voted Sept. 18 to uphold the Planning Department's determination that the Commonwealth Club's proposed project at 110 Embarcadero/115 Stewart Street would not require an Environmental Impact Report under CEQA.
The hearing featured nearly four hours of public testimony. Appellants including David Osgood, Bradley Wiedemeyer, the ILWU and local preservation groups argued the entire building, not just the Stewart Street facade, is a historic resource tied to the 1934 waterfront strike and that the club's proposed contemporary Embarcadero facade would preclude future landmark designation. "This building is historic not…
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