Octavia Boulevard and the Central Freeway (now and then), 2024 - Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation

Photographed by Nicholas Lea Bruno

Public Artwork located on 78 Haight Street, San Franciso, CA

Kota Ezawa, Artist

American, b. 1969

Solarskin Film on Solar Panels

The artwork combines a contemporary view of Octavia Boulevard with a drawing of the Central Freeway that used to stand in its place. This visual composition commemorates and celebrates the transformation of the Market & Octavia Neighborhood while acknowledging the complex history of the Central Freeway. Placed on top of each other with no delineated boundaries, the two images function as one seamless visual scroll wherein viewers travel from one time period to another.