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Old Mint Task Force Votes for Museum Proposal

SAN FRANCISCO-San Francisco's Old Mint Task Force has voted in favor of the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society's proposal to turn downtown's vacant Old Mint building into a museum.

By Michelle Savage | Updated on January 30, 2003

SAN FRANCISCO-The San Francisco Museum and Historical Society has come one step closer to becoming part-landlord and part-tenant of the currently vacant Old Mint, after a unanimous vote by the city’s Old Mint Task Force this week.

Task Force member Alessandro Baccari called his motion in favor of the historical society’s plan to make a museum of the building in line with “the heartbeat of the city.”

The 8-0 vote cut out formal bids by two other developers, whom had hoped to inherit development rights to the structure. The late 1800s-vintage building stands in a location that city officials say is ripe for economic growth.

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