It is shameful, shockingly so, how this city treats its architectural heritage. Since Moscone and Milk were murdered, the thugs, hacks, and puppets of downtown developers that have run City Hall have mismanaged and destroyed much of San Francisco’s architectural legacy. Worse, there isn’t any end in sight.

There are many who now live in this city who have absolutely no idea how beautiful San Francisco once was a mere 35 or 40 years ago.

One piece of good news is that the National Register of Historic Places will very likely be making the Tenderloin an historic district this summer, but it will take the continued efforts of all of us who love not just this neighborhood, but all of San Francisco, our home, to take back and preserve the commonwealth that is rightfully ours.