The project is the first terminal to receive full WELL Certification, which it achieves at the Platinum level. November 18, 2022

By Greg Zimmerman, senior contributing editor

Harvey Milk Terminal 1 at San Francisco International Airport is the first airport terminal to achieve a full WELL certification. The terminal received Platinum certification in the WELL Core Certification.

According to a release, the terminal includes several health and wellness focused measures, including:

• Highly efficient outdoor air filtration system to remove pollutants and odor to provide healthier indoor environments which meet the enhanced indoor air quality requirements of WELL as verified through third-party testing.
• Radiant heating and cooling to complement displacement ventilation to provide energy efficiency, improved indoor air quality and enhanced passenger comfort.
• Displays annual water quality test results, including enhanced key properties, throughout the terminal on the display monitors.
• Dynamic glazed windows that change with the sun’s location, to reduce glare and improve comfort.
• Large windows harnessing daylight to reduce the need for electric lighting and to support occupants’ circadian rhythms.
• Building materials and furnishings with low-total volatile organic compound (TVOC) emissions.
• Selection of products, systems, and materials with the least environmental or planetary impact based upon Health Product Declarations (HPDs).
• Implementing green cleaning processes that support occupant and employee health.
• Acoustic management through sound reducing surfaces, quieter mechanical systems, and the ‘quiet airport’ program

Greg Zimmerman is senior contributing editor for FacilitiesNet.com and Building Operating Management magazine.

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After pandemic related delays, San Francisco International Airport’s new Harvey Milk Terminal is once again on track for completion because of a $49.3 million boost from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

The terminal, named to honor the first openly gay elected official in California, is already open with 25 new gates, but completion of a check-in lobby, the final phase of the project, which put on hold due to funding concerns stemming from reduced air travel. The lobby is now expected to be complete in late 2024.

Featured in the terminal are several installations aimed at educating travelers about the life of Milk, who was assassinated after serving 11 months on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1978. The terminal accommodates both domestic and international flights, with corridors leading to customs facilities also including a photo essay paying homage to Milk.

“I think people in the Bay Area are probably familiar with him, whereas people coming from abroad have maybe never even heard of him,” SFO spokesperson Doug Yakel said. “This really helps tell the story to a more international audience.”

Work on the terminal, which replaced an existing 10-gate facility, began in 2016. The first three phases were completed in May of this year. Yakel said the project’s current estimated completion date represents a one-year delay from original projections, and total project costs will be $2.4 billion.

From the infrastructure bill, SFO will receive funds annually for the next five years, totaling $250 million. The funds will also go to upgrading the airport’s electrical power distribution infrastructure.

According to a statement from Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the new check-in lobby will shorten lines, and additional investments “will help make air travel to and from the Bay Area safer, easier and more sustainable.”

The new check-in area will be used by Delta Airlines, which is currently using a space in Terminal 2, Yakel said. The new terminal will also house several shops and eateries, including San Francisco’s Balboa Cafe and Ritual Coffee, planned to open mid to late 2022.

The terminal is the first in the world to be named for an openly LGBTQ leader. Original plans, led by David Campos, when he was on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, sought to rename the entire airport for Milk. Campos introduced legislation in 2013 for renaming, an effort which failed after facing political opposition. The effort was restarted in 2018, this time just for the terminal.

A large display in a pre-security area in the terminal’s second level features several dozen photographs and news clippings from Milk’s life. Milk was killed along with then-Mayor George Moscone by a prior member of the Board of Supervisors, Dan White. White was charged with manslaughter and served five years in prison for the crime, a sentence that sparked riots in San Francisco. White committed suicide a year after its release.

Russia Pariyakun, a traveler from Thailand, stopped to read about Milk’s life during a quiet Monday morning. Pariyakun, who said she had been to San Francisco once before and had learned of the Castro district and gay flag, but had not heard of Milk.

“I came to San Francisco 10 years ago but I don’t know [about] this guy,” she said. “This is my first time to learn [about him].”

Pariyakun said she often enjoys reading similar airport displays, and that after reading about Milk she developed a respect for his story.

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By Joanie Juster

Harvey Milk Day: Sunday, May 22

Harvey Milk’s birthday falls on a weekend this year, and Castro Street will be filled with events to celebrate what would have been his 92nd birthday.

The Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, the Castro LGBTQ Cultural District, the Castro Community Benefit District, and the Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza have planned a day of events honoring his legacy. With the LGBTQ+ community under increasingly frequent and vicious homophobic and transphobic attacks from state and local legislatures around the country, Harvey’s birthday is a perfect time to celebrate his work and learn more about his activism.

The program on May 22 begins at noon at Harvey Milk Plaza with tributes from some of Harvey’s friends and colleagues, and queer community and elected officials. The community block party then kicks into high gear with beats provided by BAAAHS.

Meanwhile, the Castro Theater will be showing not one, but two important films that day!

Harvey’s messages of hope, advocacy, equality, and activism are on full display in the groundbreaking, Oscar-winning documentary The Times of Harvey Milk. Directed by Robert Epstein and produced by Richard Schmiechen, the restored 35mm film was one of the first feature documentaries to address gay life. Its power has not diminished since its premiere—at the Castro Theater—in 1984. An inspiring, heart-wrenching, eye-opening film, it features a remarkable trove of original documentary materials and archival footage that not only bring Harvey Milk’s life and work to life, but also provide a window into a very particular time and place in our history: the Castro in the 1970s. Bring tissues; I cry every time I watch this film.

The second film showing at the Castro Theater on May 22 is the premiere of The Ruth Brinker Story, a short documentary on the life of Project Open Hand founder and legendary AIDS activist Ruth Brinker.

As the AIDS epidemic raged through San Francisco in the early 1980s, Brinker, a retired food-service worker, began cooking meals in her kitchen to deliver to friends and neighbors who were too ill to take care of themselves. Her goal: not only to provide food, but also to end the isolation that HIV/AIDS patients experienced. “Providing meals with love” became her mission and her by word. The work grew beyond Brinker’s kitchen, becoming Project Open Hand, the largest provider of nutrition to the HIV/AIDS community. Ruth Brinker’s legacy carries on today as Project Open Hand has once again joined the frontlines in facing the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The May 22nd screenings of both films are free, ending with a Red Carpet Premiere Event at 6 pm that will including a panel discussion featuring filmmaker Apo W. Bazidi.

To register for your free tickets and to learn more about the VIP After Party: https://tinyurl.com/573xw63c

Karine Jean-Pierre Steps Up to the Podium

We’ve said it many times: Representation matters. And nothing says “representation” like stepping up to one of the most visible and influential podiums in the world.

On May 13, Karine Jean-Pierre became the new White House Press Secretary, making her the first Black woman, and the first openly LGBTQ+ person, to hold that office. A long-time advisor to President Biden, she has an impressive resume of experience in communication and political roles in both the Biden and Obama administrations handling political campaigns, advocacy and policy work, and teaching. She has big shoes to fill in following Jen Psaki as Press Secretary, but after serving under Psaki as Principal Deputy Press Secretary and Deputy Assistant to the President, Jean-Pierre is clearly up to the task, and understands the importance of her new role.

In an article in The New York Times, she was quoted as saying: “I understand how important it is for so many people out there, so many different communities. That I stand on their shoulders, and I have been throughout my career.”

The Power of Names

When the AIDS Memorial Quilt was first created in 1987, a moving ritual was created to accompany the first display of the quilt in Washington, DC: throughout the display, the names from the quilt were read aloud, providing an audio component that augmented the visual power of the quilt.

The reading of names has been an integral part of Quilt displays ever since. I have had the privilege of coordinating the reading of names at displays in San Francisco and Washington, DC, since 1989, and will be doing it once again for the 35th anniversary display of the quilt in Golden Gate Park on June 11 and 12.

We are inviting the public to help us read the over 10,000 names that will be read that weekend. Each reader will be provided a list of about 30 names from the quilt to read, to which you are invited to add the names of any friends or loved ones you have lost to AIDS. Reading names only takes a minute or two, but it can be a powerful and cathartic experience. To sign up to read names: https://tinyurl.com/QP35Readers

Swing Your Partner at Stompede

COVID forced many of our favorite events to either go on hiatus or go virtual. But the good news is that one of San Francisco’s most joyful events is coming back this month.

Polish your boots and practice your steps, because Sundance Stompede returns on Memorial Day weekend. San Francisco’s annual country-western dance weekend for the LGBTQ+ community and its friends has become the largest event of its kind anywhere in the world. Presented by the Sundance Association, an all-volunteer nonprofit that promotes country western dancing, Stompede features four nights of dance parties, three days of inspiring dance workshops teaching two-step, swing, line dances, and more, for all levels, plus dance performance exhibitions and social events.

Stompede is only one of the Sundance Association’s events. Founded 25 years ago, the Association presents dance classes and dance events throughout the year. Ingu Yun, founder of the Sundance Association, told me that during COVID, when they couldn’t hold indoor dancing in their usual location in San Francisco, they found ways to bring people together safely by taking their dance classes outdoors to public locations where people could practice social distancing while dancing: Union Square, Golden Gate Park, Stern Grove, and even the Cruise Terminal Plaza at Pier 27.

I’ve been volunteering at Stompede for many years. It is one of my favorite events: a festive celebration of dancing, but also of camaraderie, inclusion, and community. come on down and join in the fun; Tickets for one or all events here: https://www.stompede.com/events.html

Save the Date: People’s March Returns for Pride Sunday

When the COVID lockdown in 2020 forced the cancellation of the usual massive Pride events, activists Alex U. Inn and Juanita MORE! saw an opportunity to bring Pride back to its activist roots. They invited the community to take part in a “People’s March & Rally,” a reminder that the original Pride march was a protest.

Centering the focus of the event on people of color, and the queer and trans communities, their aim was to bring together people of all races, backgrounds, and sexual and gender identities in solidarity for racial justice, to call for an end to police violence , and to demand health care and unemployment relief for community members impacted by the virus. The community turned out enthusiastically to support the event in 2020, and again in 2021. The People’s March & Rally will return this year on Sunday, June 26, starting from Polk and Washington Streets. We will be bringing you more details as they are released.

Elections have consequences

If anyone still doubts that elections have consequences, here are two words: Supreme Court.

There are others who can and will write more eloquently on this subject, but right now all I can say is vote! Vote as if your life and your rights depended on it, because it’s crystal clear now that they do. Get involved in campaigns. Donate to organizations that help voters get to the polls. speak out Hit the streets in protest. Make your voice heard, because this is not a drill: Every one of us has to do our part.

Meanwhile, in Ukraine…

While San Francisco revels in the return of spring weather and beloved events, don’t forget that folks in Ukraine still need our support. Donate here to help LGBTQ+ Ukrainians, thanks to Rainbow World Fund: https://tinyurl.com/RWFUkr

Joanie Juster is a long-time community volunteer, activist, and ally.

Published on May 19, 2022

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In 1977, a charismatic camera shop owner named Harvey Milk won a seat on the San Francisco board of directors. The triumph made him the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the state of California and one of the first openly gay people to hold public office in America. Despite being a local race, Milk had a nationwide impact on the LGBTQ movement – both in life and in death.

1. As a young man, Harvey Milk worked on Wall Street – and Broadway.

Harvey Milk was a man of many interests. Born May 22, 1930 in Woodmere, New York, Milk loved opera, played several sports, and wrote columns for students at his alma mater, New York College for Teachers (now known as SUNY Albany). After graduating from the 1951 class, Milk built a formidable resume: Wall Street Research Analyst, Public School Teacher, and Associate Broadway Producer were among the various job titles he received before moving to San Francisco in 1972.

2. The Vietnam War changed Harvey Milk’s political ideology.

When Milk won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Directors in 1977, he ran for Democrat. But his earlier forays into politics were on the other side of the aisle. More than a decade earlier, Milk had been recruited into Republican Barry Goldwater’s 1964 presidential campaign. It was the Vietnam War that changed his policy. “The day Nixon invaded Cambodia was the day I had to speak out against war profiteers, big corporations and so on,” Milk told NBC News in 1978. “And so I got rid of my Wall Street career … and when I went through that door, I moved on.”

3. Harvey Milk became known as the “Mayor of Castro Street”.

By the time Milk made its mark on Castro Street in San Francisco, the famous street – and the neighborhood around it – was already a hub of the city’s gay scene. In 1973 Milk and his then partner Castro Camera opened a small photo shop that developed into a meeting place in the neighborhood. Milk used the store as a campaign hub throughout all of his public office applications, which eventually earned him the nickname “The Mayor of Castro Street.”

4. Harvey Milk and the San Francisco Teamsters union worked together to organize a beer boycott.

In 1973, half a dozen large beer traders collectively refused to hire union truck drivers. The following summer, Allan Baird of the San Francisco Teamsters Union asked Milk to convince the city’s gay bars to participate in a mass boycott of these companies. Milk happily agreed, explaining, “If we in the gay community want others to help us in our fight against discrimination, then we have to help others in their struggles.” With Milk’s help, San Francisco gay bars blacklisted the vendors which caused five of them to reverse their attitudes towards union drivers.

5. Harvey Milk wasn’t the only LGBTQ politician to succeed in the 1970s.

Milk’s political success didn’t come overnight. Prior to the 1977 elections, Milk had unsuccessfully campaigned for a seat on the San Francisco board of directors and had not been elected California MP. However, Milk wasn’t the first open member of the LGBTQ community to win an American election. That honor goes to Kathy Kozachenko, who was elected to Ann Arbor, Michigan City Council in 1974. Then came Elaine Noble, the first openly gay candidate to hold national office in the 1975 General Assembly.

6. Harvey Milk helped kill a government initiative that would have banned LGBTQ teachers.

After being sworn in on January 8, 1978, Milk quickly threw himself into the fight against California Proposition 6. Better known as “the Briggs Initiative,” this election was championed by Orange County Senator John Briggs. If it had happened, California public schools would have had to fire all gay and lesbian teachers, teaching assistants, counselors and administrators in their service. Not only did Milk publicly debate the measure with Briggs, he also called on then-President Jimmy Carter to condemn it. When the Californians voted in November, the initiative was rejected by more than a million votes.

7. Dog poop was a big headache for Harvey Milk.

“I don’t want to put anyone in jail, I don’t want to pay anyone a fine. I just want to clean up the mess, ”Milk told KQED News in San Francisco in 1978. He sponsored a bill that imposed fees of $ 10 or more for dog owners in the area who didn’t restrain their pets. Milk’s ordinance, nicknamed the Scoop the Poop Act by future mayor (and current US Senator) Dianne Feinstein, was passed unanimously by the board of directors.

8. Harvey Milk was murdered by a colleague in town hall.

Former firefighter and police officer Dan White was another new addition to the board who was elected on the same day as Milk. The two overseers seemed to get along well at first, but things turned sour after Milk voted to open a troubled youth facility in White’s District. Citing financial problems and other concerns, White later resigned from the board. Then, in an abrupt twist, White asked Mayor George Moscone to reappoint him to the position that had just become vacant. Ultimately, the mayor refused.

Moscone’s decision was influenced by some of the more liberal board members, including Milk, who opposed White’s reappointment. On November 27, 1978, White – armed with a .38 revolver – climbed through a basement window in City Hall. Inside, he killed Moscone, reloaded his gun, and murdered Milk.

9. The trial of Harvey Milks killer led to the “White Night Riots”.

Despite the murder of two senior officials, White was never charged with murder. Instead, he was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, a lesser offense that earned him seven years and eight months in prison. About 5,000 demonstrators marched to City Hall, feeling that White had escaped justice. This was followed by the so-called “White Night Riots” of May 21, 1978, in which 124 demonstrators and 59 police officers were injured as a result of the controversial outcome of the process. (As for Dan White, he committed suicide on October 21, 1985, less than two years after he was released from prison.)

10. The US Navy named a ship in honor of Harvey Milk.

Milks name now graces a New York high school, an airport terminal in San Francisco, and street signs on the west coast. And then there is the USNS Harvey Milk, a marine replenishment oiler that is currently under construction. Milk himself had served in the Navy before being forced to resign because of his homosexuality.

“The naming of this ship after Harvey Milk is a fitting tribute to a man who was on the front line for civil and human rights,” said former Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus in 2016 about the namesake of the ship.

One version of this story ran in 2020; it has been updated for 2021.

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SWA group selected for memorial and LGBTQ + space at Harvey Milk Plaza, San Francisco

Courtesy of the Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza & SWA Group

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Matt Hickman shares San Francisco’s newest inclusive memorial for the Architect’s Newspaper, designed by SWA, a company that operates two Bay Area studios (San Francisco and Sausalito) and offices in Texas, Southern California, New York City and Shanghai. Selected from 17 invited offices by FHMP from a shortlist of four companies that had submitted proposals, SWA shared their winning concept design for the memorial at Harvey Milk Plaza.

Earlier this year, Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza (FHMP) selected SWA Group to lead the design of an inclusive new LGBTQ + space anchored in a memorial at Muni Metro Station in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco. Now, just a few days before Harvey Milk Day, May 22nd, the company is officially announcing its conceptual design plans, which first made the rounds in mid-April during two feedback-seeking virtual town hall meetings.

Completed in 1980 on the corner of Market and Castro Streets, designed by Howard Grant of Reid & Tarics Associates, the square is named in honor of pioneering community activist and San Francisco Board of Supervisors Harvey Milk, who was murdered in his office on November 27, 1979 at San Francisco City Hall, after serving in this role for nearly a year. Milk, who was 48 at the time of his death, was the first openly gay elected official in California history. During his brief tenure, the New York native, fondly known as the Mayor of Castro Street, made a huge lasting impression after sponsoring a law in 1978 that was eventually passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and signed by then-Mayor George Moscone —Prohibition of discrimination in employment, home and public accommodation based on sexual orientation.

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As noted in a press release, SWA, which operates two studios in the Bay Area (San Francisco and Sausalito) and offices in Texas, Southern California, New York City and Shanghai, was selected by FHMP from a shortlist of four companies that submitted design proposals ; A total of 17 different companies were invited to submit. As noted, FHMP and SWA have so far hosted two virtual meetings with the Castro community and will “continue their robust public relations and engagement efforts to involve the community in the memorial design process and ensure inclusiveness for all”. The selection of SWA comes after an earlier, often controversial, redesign of Harvey Milk Plaza, led by Perkins Eastman, which was eventually abandoned after a series of revisions and rejections by the community. Perkins Eastman’s San Francisco office, along with Groundworks Office and Kuth Ranieri Architects, was one of three local offices shortlisted by FHMP for the first redesign in September 2017 after an international design competition.

Headed by SWA, the new project design team also includes public engagement firm Civic Edge Consulting, WSP (lighting design), Peoples Associates Structural Engineers and Telamon Engineering Consultants who will act as registered engineers.

Courtesy of the Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza & SWA Group

“Friends and SWA have already started discussions about creating an unconventional and inclusive design process so that these qualities of Harvey Milk and his legacy are inherently part of the design produced,” said Brian Springfield, interim executive director of the established FHMPMP in 2016 to ensure that future redesigns of the square include a thorough contribution from the community.

He added, “During this process, we’ve heard from the community that they want a next generation memorial that is as unique and unconventional as Harvey himself. Now that SWA is on board, we’re excited to be with the public again Get in touch to see what is possible to honor Harvey Milk in a way that draws attention to the continued activism around social justice issues that Harvey campaigned for during his lifetime. The memorial will be alive with Harvey’s politics, including his call on others to get involved. “

Formerly a working-class neighborhood, Castro became the epicenter of San Francisco’s gay life in the mid-1960s and remains an iconic and historically significant center for LGBTQ + activism, culture, and commerce known around the world.

To honor Milk’s profound legacy in the heart of the neighborhood he lived in, and only briefly featured in San Francisco City Hall, SWA envisioned a design made up of three core elements confined to the existing floor plan of the square : the pedestal, the beacon and the memorial grove. (Other larger design concepts that extend beyond the square were also unveiled during the engagement sessions in April.) The design will be finalized later this year after further engagement with the community.

Courtesy of the Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza & SWA Group

The pedestal feature is literally that – a circular elevated platform for parishioners to amplify their voices and be heard loud and clear by crowds and passers-by. As noted by SWA, the pedestal is a way of ensuring that Milk’s last words – “All I ask is for the movement to continue” – is materialized. “This approach does not honor Harvey by placing it on a pedestal, but rather by creating a stage for community and movement: a living monument that changes over time,” the company said.

The Beacon is an evolving “digital monument,” a type of photo-activated kiosk that not only shows images of Milk itself, but also historical photos of Castro along with images of queer life in San Francisco and beyond, as well as images that capture them “Fights and Victories” of the equality movement that Milk played such a significant role in sparking it. “The digital component is flexible and nimble, and allows changes to be made to convey messages of protest and celebration when the community gathers on the site,” said SWA. “The Beacon can also serve as a center of hope when people come together at Harvey Milk Plaza to comfort or support one another.”

Photography played a key role in Milk’s life as he was an avid amateur photographer and ran a popular neighborhood camera store, Castro Camera, from 1972 until his death. Talks are reportedly underway to track the National Park Service’s historic designation for the storefront, which also served as Milk’s campaign district and is a designated San Francisco landmark. Most recently it served as an action center and retail outpost for the human rights campaign and before that as a call center for the Trevor project.

Courtesy of the Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza & SWA Group

Finally, Memorial Grove, a popular proposition for parishioners, will be a shaded green space on the western edge of the property populated by 11 trees, one for each month that Milk was in office. As described by SWA, the trees are species that represent geographic locations associated with Milk’s life, including a tree from his native New York and a tree from Texas, where Milk grew up during his more transient 20s after his Discharge from the Navy briefly lived. The remaining trees will represent San Francisco. Per SWA, the “eclectic collection of complementary but different trees embodies Harvey’s informal personality and political style, as well as the beauty and diversity of the people of San Francisco”.

“We believe the memorial should speak as loudly and without apology as Harvey – not just about the progress he has made, but also about the work still to be done,” said SWA project leader Daniel Cunningham. “To be worthy of Harvey’s legacy, his memorial should be a living memorial – relevant and effective today – dedicated to realizing his vision of equality and authenticity for all, everywhere.”

The Harvey Milk Plaza memorial is to be funded through a public-private partnership. In February 2020, the project received a $ 2 million government grant launched by State Senator Scott Wiener. As already mentioned, a finished design will be presented later this year. Regardless of the memorial project, Castro Muni station itself is undergoing a $ 14.5 million barrier-free overhaul, including the installation of a new elevator. Work is scheduled to start this fall.

This article was originally published in The Architect’s Newspaper.

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