June 11, 2010

Save Our Sacred Heart has been informed that Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi will have a resolution before the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday June 15, 2010 concerning the preservation of Sacred Heart Church.

Although the interior may have been stripped and the rose windows removed, city landmark status could still save the exterior.  We are asking that all members and friends of SOS Heart give their support to this effort.

If you have seen the online responses to the Examiner article, it appears that the issues are not clearly understood by the general public and that the preservation of the building could be overshadowed by political or religious-vs-secular disputes. It is crucial to keep the focus on saving this historic and beautiful building.

Please e-mail or call the other members of the Board of Supervisors and ask them to endorse Supervisor Mirkarimi's resolution.  Please let other interested parties know about the hearing.

 

 

AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM SAVE OUR SACRED HEART

It is with great regret that we inform all interested parties that the current owners of the property at Fillmore and Fell have chosen to remove the two rose windows and at least one of the marble altars from Sacred Heart Church, a building which has been declared eligible for national landmark status.

The removal is being done by workers who have stated that their crew is from Houston and that the items being removed are being shipped to a purchaser in Minnesota.

According to city officials, no permits were issued by the City of San Francisco for removal of these irreplaceable objects. The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection has posted a Stop Work Order which appears to be being ignored by the work crew.

Save Our Sacred  Heart  wishes to publicly thank Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, Vallie Brown, the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection, our friends from St. Brigid's, and all others who have been of assistance in attempting, so far unsuccessfully, to halt these actions.