In light of opposition from the new property owners, San Francisco officials appear set to landmark only a portion of the Noe Valley property where the late lesbian pioneering couple Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin lived for much of their 56-year relationship.
Meanwhile, a city open space nearby the property could be renamed in honor of the women. Preservation groups and LGBTQ historians had sought to see the entire Duncan Street property become a city landmark.
They had argued that the adjoining garden plot to the cottage where the women lived should also be included in the landmark because the couple's cremains were interred and scattered on the undeveloped portion.