2 posts from May 2007

San Francisco's long sought after GLBT Historical Society Museum and Archival Center won't fit in the parking lot adjacent to the current Castro branch library according to this Bay Area Reporter story.

The first of two studies on building the GLBT Historical Society Museum and Archival Center finds that the site on 16th Street near Noe could not fit the estimated 16,550 square feet that would be needed and also gives a hint at what it will cost to construct a "high level of quality" facility, $525 per square foot.

"'We are determined to find a solution that will be decidedly less than that,' said [co-chair of the society's board Don Romesburg]."

"[Paul Boneberg, the society's part-time executive director] added, 'I think it is very high, and obviously, not something ... we are not going to go down a path that requires us to spend $10.6 million.'"

The story notes that District Supervisor Bevan Dufty has already informed library officials who will renovate the library (a 60's/70's still piece of concrete and glass I don't find welcoming or attractive) now that it's been ruled out as a museum site.

So now what? Society officials say they are only interesting in locating along Mission Street's "Museum Row" or in the Castro, but where in the Castro can they find room for a 16,550 square foot facility with room for a museum, theater, bookstore and cafe, along with all the needed office and storage space?

David Bromstad

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: Show us your TV crush.
Submitted by quornflour.

Hmmm... I don't know if it's so much of a crush as I just find him "pleasant on the eyes". My roommate added the HGTV show Color Splash to the DVR just because he finds the host David Bromstad hot. I wouldn't go that far, but I like seeing him in tight fitting shirts.

Chad, Jamison and David

I think he was a bit jealous when I told him our other roommate and I saw him out at the Metro (a bar down the street from us) last year celebrating with friends.


I think for a childhood crush I'd say Chad Allen from Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman. I met him last year when we both rode AIDS/LifeCycle 5 as members of Team Funky Monkey. Coming out of a porta-potty at something like 5am, still half asleep,

Dominic Monaghan

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I heard him say "good morning Jamie!" as he ran up and gave me a hug. He was one of the most kind hearted, generous and energetic people I met last year. He's riding again this year, and collecting donations.

I don't know how I forgot him when I first posted this, but Dominic Monaghan has to be at the top of the list. I think his character on Lost, Charlie, is one of the most interesting (as opposed to the tired Jack/Sawyer/Kate love triangle that goes nowhere) but even before Lord of the Rings I discovered him through a British light-drama crime show called Hetty Weinthropp Investigates.