Comments on: URGENT! Save the Cow Palace! http://mrphileasfogg.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/save-the-cow-palace-in-san-francisco/ The Secret Writings Of Mr. Phileas Fogg Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:17:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Dr. Wright Gooder http://mrphileasfogg.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/save-the-cow-palace-in-san-francisco/#comment-68 Dr. Wright Gooder Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:40:11 +0000 http://mrphileasfogg.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-68 I am not from California and, obviously then, not from the senator's district. However, if my comments can help in any way, please feel free to reference them as well. People from all over the nation know the Cow Palace. It is one of those historical landmarks people around the country have heard of. Tourists research what events are taking place there when they make a trip to that part of the country. Even from down here in Texas, we would check to see what's going on there when planning a trip to California. Houston, Texas, is going through a similar situation with its historic Astrodome. Who hasn't heard of the Astrodome? And yet, developers want to do away with it so they can make huge profits. The Astrodome and the Cow Palace are national landmarks, just like the Empire State Building. And, especially as long as they are filling a community need and remaining financially viable, they should be preserved to the best of the community's (and state's) ability. There are too many building that are going to be here for 20 years and then gone as it is. We need SOME icons to remain. One of my favorite places in Fort Worth, Texas, is the old Northside Coliseum (Cowtown Coliseum), built in the early 1900s (1915, I think). It is like stepping back into the turn of the last century. It remains a VITAL part of the Fort Worth economy and community, hosting hundreds of well-attended events every year. Good luck on saving YOUR historical landmark. I am not from California and, obviously then, not from the senator’s district. However, if my comments can help in any way, please feel free to reference them as well.

People from all over the nation know the Cow Palace. It is one of those historical landmarks people around the country have heard of. Tourists research what events are taking place there when they make a trip to that part of the country. Even from down here in Texas, we would check to see what’s going on there when planning a trip to California.

Houston, Texas, is going through a similar situation with its historic Astrodome. Who hasn’t heard of the Astrodome? And yet, developers want to do away with it so they can make huge profits. The Astrodome and the Cow Palace are national landmarks, just like the Empire State Building. And, especially as long as they are filling a community need and remaining financially viable, they should be preserved to the best of the community’s (and state’s) ability. There are too many building that are going to be here for 20 years and then gone as it is. We need SOME icons to remain.

One of my favorite places in Fort Worth, Texas, is the old Northside Coliseum (Cowtown Coliseum), built in the early 1900s (1915, I think). It is like stepping back into the turn of the last century. It remains a VITAL part of the Fort Worth economy and community, hosting hundreds of well-attended events every year.

Good luck on saving YOUR historical landmark.

]]> By: Annie Oakley http://mrphileasfogg.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/save-the-cow-palace-in-san-francisco/#comment-28 Annie Oakley Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:02:40 +0000 http://mrphileasfogg.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-28 Not being fearful at all of speaking my mind, I sent off my letters. I recommend that everyone do so. I also recommend that if time and circumstances permit you, send a letter rather than an electronic message. Letters hold more weight than telephone calls or other communications because they take more effort. The more effort you take, the more passionate you must be! If you cannot send letters, then by all means, call or send electronically. I also highly recommend you use the pre-written letter or one very close: it is stern but polite, concise, and neat. The worst thing anyone could do is become too passionate and to forget their manners. While you may be thinking ill of this proposal and its adherents, proper sensibility and behavior is 100 times more effective. I cannot speak for the Fair, nor even for the whole of the Legion, but from my heart: thank you to all who take action to stop this unfortunate legislation. Not being fearful at all of speaking my mind, I sent off my letters. I recommend that everyone do so. I also recommend that if time and circumstances permit you, send a letter rather than an electronic message. Letters hold more weight than telephone calls or other communications because they take more effort. The more effort you take, the more passionate you must be! If you cannot send letters, then by all means, call or send electronically.

I also highly recommend you use the pre-written letter or one very close: it is stern but polite, concise, and neat. The worst thing anyone could do is become too passionate and to forget their manners. While you may be thinking ill of this proposal and its adherents, proper sensibility and behavior is 100 times more effective.

I cannot speak for the Fair, nor even for the whole of the Legion, but from my heart: thank you to all who take action to stop this unfortunate legislation.

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