by Pete Garcia
After 15 months applying for a permit from Caltrans to attach these five murals of Balboa Park trees to the Park Boulevard bridge over Interstate 5 as part of the Bay to Park Paseo project, we gave up trying to get a permit, with what we considered unreasonable liability requirements as we were running out of time to complete the installations during World Design Capital year.
Instead, we moved 25 feet south of the bridge and attached them to the San Diego High School fence.
The high school loves them!
SDSHS Vice Principal Josh Stepner, who happens to be the son of C100 board member Mike Stepner, was terrific in facilitating the school’s approval in two days. The murals were then printed and installed five days later.
Please go by and look for yourself and see the attribution sign with acknowledgement of 100’s participation.
All the temporary art installations along the Bay to Park Paseo are beautiful. The reviews of over 500 people who have taken the free guided tours have been very positive.
Will we do another paseo in two years? It’s too soon to decide. There have been many lessons to process. Working in the public domain is very rewarding, but it requires a lot of effort and resources.
For more information: www.baytoparkpaseo.org


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