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UCSF Murals at Risk: Supervisors Initiate Landmark Review for Bernard Zakheim Frescoes
Summary
The committee voted to initiate a landmark designation for Bernard Zakheim’s 'History of Medicine in California' frescoes at UCSF, after presentations on artistic and historical significance, UCSF’s EIR analysis and its plan for digital capture and a technical RFP; the committee sent the initiation resolution to the full Board.
The Land Use committee voted to initiate landmark designation under Article 10 for Bernard Zakheim's 'History of Medicine in California' fresco cycle in UC Hall on the UCSF Parnassus campus.
Woody Labonte of San Francisco Architectural Heritage presented the murals' history (painted 1936–38 under WPA programs), artistic significance and rarity in the Bay Area. Labonte noted that UCSF’s draft environmental impact report dated July 13, 2020, treats the murals as a historical resource and states that removal or…
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