Our cover story and February interview is with Gap founder and chairman emeritus, Don Fisher. Mr. Fisher along with his wife, Doris, is proposing to build an art museum in the Presidio. The Fishers want to build this museum, Mr. Fisher tells us, “so the general public will have an opportunity to view and enjoy the modern and contemporary art collection we have spent the last 30 years acquiring, and now plan to donate to this museum.”
   

The museum will be known as the Contemporary Art Museum at the Presidio (CAMP). The Fisher collection of more than 1,000 objects is one of the greatest of its kind in private hands. On pages 14 and 15, we’ve put together a two-page spread featuring a sampling of the art that will be displayed at the museum.
   

The Fishers have strong connections to San Francisco and the Bay Area. They are longtime, as well as current residents of the northern tier of the City, home base of Northside San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher are loyal supporters of local merchants, and can often be seen shopping on Chestnut Street where among their favorite stores are Lucca’s Deli and of course, the Gap.
   

Don Fisher is a fourth generation San Franciscan. He grew up in the family home on Lake Street, attended Lowell High School, and went on to the University of California at Berkeley, where in 1994 he endowed the Fisher Center for Management and Information Technology. Doris Feigenbaum Fisher is a third generation San Franciscan who founded the Gap along with her husband in 1969. Her family home was on Jackson Street. She attended the Burke School and went on to graduate from Stanford University with a degree in economics. Mrs. Fisher has been actively involved with cancer organizations for more than 35 years, including 25 years on the Board of Trustees for the Northern California Cancer Center.
   

Also in this month’s Northside S.F., well-known Bay Area journalist Richard Rapaport is contributing a story on the unfortunate recent closing of the Washington Square Bar & Grill. Founded in 1972 by Ed Moose, the “Washbag,” as Rapaport points out, was a San Francisco institution the likes of which we probably won’t see again. What a shame.
   

Arts and entertainment writer Bill Picture joins the Northside S.F. team this month with among other pieces, a preview of San Francisco’s 16th annual Noise Pop Music Festival. I’ve known Bill for 13 years. He’s a great guy and talented journalist who is especially tuned into the Bay Area music scene. His byline regularly appears in numerous publications including San Francisco Magazine, the Chronicle and The Examiner.
   

And we’re running the second in a four-part series of very timely tax-related columns from Michelle Ferreira, partner at the law firm Holme Roberts & Owen. Now in private practice, Ms. Ferreira was an eight-year litigator for the IRS Office of Chief Counsel. Her knowledge of tax law is unparalleled, so we’re pleased that we can offer her unique perspective and advice to our readers as we approach April 15.
   

Our favorite columnist and Northside S.F. arts and entertainment editor, Bruce Bellingham, is on vacation, but will be returning in time for our March issue.