Post #517817 by thejab on Tue, Mar 16, 2010 5:19 PM

The best strategy (and probably the only strategy to win) is to get this on the historic preservation list. That would be a permanent solution that would trump the otherwise inevitable business decision based on profitability.

As we all know, listing on the National Register didn't save the Kahiki.

Here's the criteria from the California Office of Historic Preservation for California and Federal Listing (besides it being over 50 years of age, which isn't always a necessary criteria - the Kahiki wasn't 50 when it was listed):

California

• Associated with events that have made a
  significant contribution to the broad
  patterns of local or regional history or the
  cultural heritage of California or the
  United States.
• Associated with the lives of persons
  important to local, California or national
  history.
• Embodies the distinctive characteristics
  of a type, period, region or method of
  construction or represents the work of a
  master or possesses high artistic values.
• Has yielded, or has the potential to yield,
  information important to the prehistory or
  history of the local area, California or the
  nation.

Federal

• Associated with events that have made a
  significant contribution to the broad patterns
  of our history.
• Associated with the lives of persons
  significant in our past.
• Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a
  type, period or method of construction, or
  represents the work of a master, or
  possesses high artistic values, or
  represents a significant and distinguishable
  entity whose components may lack
  individual distinction.
• Has yielded, or may be likely to yield,
  information important in history or
  prehistory.

Seems pretty subjective to me. I doubt most San Franciscans think it qualifies based on the above criteria.