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Old Mint Restoration Nearing Reality

SAN FRANCISCO-The city says it wants to choose a developer for San Francisco's Old Mint this month and appears to be leaning toward a museum proposal, which would allow the public access.

By Michelle Savage | Updated on January 17, 2003

SAN FRANCISCO-San Francisco lawyer Jim Lazarus says he’s feeling “very positive” about his museum proposal for the Old Mint, as he has learned that a key staff recommendation favors his idea.

All he needs now are a series of official approval votes in the coming month or so and $50 million.

Lazarus says the now-vacant 77,000-sf building South of Market would be great as the site of the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society because the late 1800s structure is located near downtown and is itself historic. “It really brings history to life,” Lazarus says, noting that much of the interior has been preserved as it was, right down to the gas light fixtures that have been converted to electric.

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