'The current system is failing at a rate faster than we can cost-effectively maintain.'
This twilight view from the Embarcadero in San Francisco features the"Bay Lights" installation on the Bay Bridge.Those glimmering lights that twinkle from the western span of the Bay Bridge might soon be shut off for good — unless the nonprofit behind them can raise $11 million.
The public art nonprofit Illuminate hopes to raise the money for repairs and upgrades to"Bay Lights," which it unveiled in 2013, theIlluminate founder Ben Davis told SFGATE that the failure rate of the technology used in"Bay Lights" has spiked over the past year and that the chain of recent"Heavy rains, high winds, salty air, lightning strikes, 24/7 vibration, car grime, expansion and contraction of cables — it's about as tough of an environment for electronics as...
Because of this, the light fixture is set to shut off on March 5, its 10th anniversary. But if Illuminate can raise $11 million — $10 million from 10 wealthy donors and $1 million in small donations, according to the Chronicle —"Bay Lights" will be back, and better than ever, by September. The installation is currently made up of 25,000 LED lights that display moving patterns using a randomized algorithm created by artist Leo Villareal. If renovations and reconfigurations are completed, Davis said,"Bay Lights" will have twice the number of LEDs, which will also wrap around the south side of the bridge's cables instead of just those to the north.
"This will reimagine what it means to enter San Francisco at night, through a portal of public art," Davis said."All communities around the bay will have a view of the western span."
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