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22.JUL.04San Francisco was once the music capital of America. Remember?
If you can’t recall the era of flourishing funk bands and unprecedented artistic creativity, when the city nurtured a thriving musical scene with more flavors than a local Baskin Robbins, you’re not alone. In recent years, San Francisco seems to have missed a beat, as musicians have flocked to other regions of the country in search of more welcoming musical environments. But one real estate hotelier, by combining his love for music with his love for San Francisco, hopes to turn things around in the City of Refuge.
Rudy Colombini has a vision: a five-story musical refuge at the heart of San Francisco, a comprehensive center for creativity with living space, equipment, and recording opportunities for diehard musicians. Christened “Music City,” Colombini’s proposal to build a musical paradise at Bush and Polk streets will go before the Planning Commission today at 1:30 p.m.
If the commission approves his plans, “Music City” could finally bring the right kind of rhythm back to San Francisco.
The center, designed to “breathe life back into San Francisco’s crumbling music scene,” consists of many elements. Run by musicians, for musicians, the center offers space to live and learn, with all the appropriate amenities. “Music City” will consist of instruction classrooms, a fully equipped showcase club, 36 rehearsal rooms, a recording studio, an internet-based radio station, a musician job-outreach center, and much more.
The location of “Music City” couldn’t be better. At 1335 Bush St. in downtown San Francisco, musicians will have easy access to the most culturally diverse parts of the city. And public transportation makes commuting to any part of the city an effortless task.
With a simple vote approving construction of the “Music City” facility, the Planning Commission can do its part to revive a once opulent music scene that has become disturbingly impoverished in recent years. By putting like-minded, multitalented musicians together in an environment conducive to creativity, Colombini might just spark another era of musical profundity in San Francisco.
If there’s one thing the city can be reminded of, it’s that you don’t have to be able to read sheet music to appreciate the beauty of a brilliant bass line, drum solo or keyboard riff. Hopefully, “Music City” will reinforce this notion while providing San Franciscans with a new period of musical magic.