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New Park at Linden Avenue & Pine Avenue - Overview
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Alexandra Proba: “Threads of Community”
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Alexandra Proba: “Threads of Community”
4 Artist Website: www.studioproba.com Concept
• Inspired by weaving, textiles, and mosaic traditions across cultures, as well as natural interconnections like roots, rivers, and landscapes. The artworks incorporate Latino, immigrant, and Native American motifs translated through abstraction into a contemporary form. The Old Town neighborhood of SSF has long been shaped by threads of migration, industry, and culture. From its immigrant roots to its vibrant present, Old Town is where stories, traditions, and people weave together into a divers and resilient community.
Columns
• Each column reflects a facet of Old Town’s community, with details co-shaped through workshops where residents’ marks, memories, and motifs are woven into final forms.
Inlay
• The inlays serve as pathways of memory and connection, guiding people through the park as though waling along
woven fabric. Embedded within them are abstract echoes of the column themes.
Play Sculpture
• At the heart of the New Park at Linden & Pine, the playground sculpture becomes the most joyful expression of “Threads of Community.” Rather than a literal bundle, it is a constellation of bold, abstract forms that echo the shapes and motifs of the columns and extend them into a space of play, touch &
imagination.
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Alexandra Proba: “Threads of Community”
5 Artist Website: www.studioproba.com Community Engagement • At the heart of my work is a desire to spread joy, spark curiosity, and create spaces where people—especially
children—feel seen, included, and inspired. For Linden and Pine Park, I propose a community engagement plan that
transforms the process itself into a shared experience of wonder, creativity, and play.
Materials Overview
• The artwork for Threads of Community is conceived as a permanent, durable, and safe installation that integrates seamlessly into Linden & Pine Park. Each element—the
columns, ground inlays, and playground sculpture—will be fabricated using high-quality materials such as porcelain, stone, glass, marble, and metal mosaics, chosen for their longevity, vibrancy, and ability to withstand the Bay Area climate.
Maintenance Consideration
• The artwork for Threads of Community is conceived as a permanent, durable, and safe installation that integrates seamlessly into Linden & Pine Park. Each element— the
columns, ground inlays, and playground sculpture—will be fabricated using high-quality materials such as porcelain, stone, glass, marble, and metal mosaics, chosen for their longevity, vibrancy, and ability to withstand the Bay Area climate.
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Colette Crutcher & Aileen Barr: Untitled
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Colette Crutcher & Aileen Barr: Untitled
7 Artist Website: www.colettecrutcher.com
Columns
• The columns are ornamented with tile artwork
combining Native-inspired arrow motifs with
biomorphic forms that suggest both the natural
world and biotech innovation. The vibrant colors
animate the space, which has multiple uses as a
focus for leisure, play and community gatherings.
Inlay
• Our tile plan for Linden Park evokes the past and
future of South San Francisco. The geometric
paving designs derive from decorative patterns of
the Bay Area’s original inhabitants, the Ramaytush
Ohlone, rendered in earth tones and the aqua of
the San Francisco Bay
Play Sculpture
• The columns are ornamented with tile artwork
combining Native-inspired arrow motifs with
biomorphic forms that suggest both the natural
world and biotech innovation. The vibrant colors
animate the space, which has multiple uses as a
focus for leisure, play and community gatherings.
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Colette Crutcher & Aileen Barr: Untitled
8 Artist Website: www.colettecrutcher.com
Community Engagement
• The power of art to engage communities is a fundamental aspect of our work. We are highly experienced in generating meaningful involvement, allowing locals to participate in our art-making process.
• A series of hands-on workshops will provide the opportunity for children and adults to experience working with clay, share in the joy of making, learn our process and create small tiles to be included in the overall artwork. This human contact has been central to all of our public installations. Community participation is also a safeguard against future vandalism, as it fosters a deep sense of ownership and pride in the work.
Materials Overview
• Our materials are colorful and durable. The paving components will be made of cast concrete (GFRC) with integral color and will contain handmade and commercial tile elements, all high-fired for strength and matte-textured for slip resistance. The tile elements in the paving art will be cast directly into each paver, rather than cemented on separately, ensuring structural integrity for a surface that will need to stand up to heavy foot traffic and occasional vehicular use as well. Tile colors, and the mason stains incorporated into cast concrete, do not fade over time.
Maintenance Consideration
• Paving does get dirty; however, the maintenance needs of this artwork are no different from any other element of the park— removal of leaves and other debris will be necessary on an ongoing basis; an occasional power washing will clean it and restore its original brilliance.
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Wowhaus: “COLMA”
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Wowhaus: “COLMA”
10 Artist Website: www.thewowhaus.com Concept
• COLMA is a collection of colorful permanent artworks
that celebrate the rich cultural and ecological
diversity of South San Francisco, creating a vibrant,
welcoming space in the new Linden & Pine Park.
Inviting people of all ages and backgrounds to come
together in community, the designs are inspired by the
artists’ engagement and conversations with South San
Francisco community members.
Columns
• Mosaic columns frame the stage area with intricate,
colorful smalti mosaics that honor native species
symbolic of the vibrancy of the community; these
native California species have special meaning in
many of the diverse cultures who call South San
Francisco home.
• The four columns honor the community’s rich past and
evoke its promising future.
Play Sculpture
• A highly durable Frog Sculpture measuring 3' h x 4' w x 4' will invite playful engagement in the park.
• Hand-sculpted by WOWHAUS, the Glass Fiber
Reinforced Concrete sculpture evokes ancient Mayan
designs; its durable surface is designed to withstand
heavy use and interaction.
• WOWHAUS has extensive experience creating
interactive sculptures that are sited in public spaces; safety and durability will be addressed in this design.
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Wowhaus: “COLMA”
11 Artist Website: www.thewowhaus.com
Community Engagement
• Community members will be invited to join the artists in making by hand a part of the artwork- making a special mosaic stripe with a color they choose that they feel reflects their unique cultural heritage or their most loved place in South San Francisco; their stripe will forever be part of the South San Francisco Spectrum mosaic in the paving.
Materials Overview
• Columns: Smalti mosaic with Laticrete 254 Thinset and Laticrete Permacolor
• Inlay: Dal Tile Keystone tile with integral color and Kolorine Byzantine Mosaic
• Play Sculpture: Smooth surface, Pigmented Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete with internal metal structure
Maintenance Consideration
• All art installations are made with highly durable, lowmaintenance exterior grade materials with demonstrated success in highly trafficked sites such a public parks. All installations can be maintained by washing with mild soap, warm water and a cloth
• In the event of damage to the mosaic, it is highly repairable.
Likewise, GFRC can typically be patched and sanded in the case of minor surface damage. NO chemicals or powerwashing should be used; grout sealant should be applied every one to three years, as needed and sealant or sacrificial anti-graffiti coating should be applied to the Frog sculpture every two to five years, as needed.
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