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TRANSACTIONS NEWSLETTER ONLINE

May/June 2006

On Display:
The New East Span In Vivid Color — and Black and White

Rebar adjustmentThe construction activity on the monumental new East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is largely invisible to motorists crossing the corridor. Now, two exhibits at MTC’s Oakland offices take viewers into the heart of the construction zone, and face to face with the men and women who are putting the span together, humongous piece by humongous piece.

The east hallway of MTC’s new second floor offices (unveiled at the agency’s 35th anniversary celebration in early April) features dramatic color images of the project taken from land, the water and the air by Caltrans District 4 photographers Bill Hall and John Huseby.

The opposite hallway features black and white images by San Francisco photographer Joseph A. Blum, who has devoted hundreds of hours of his time to documenting the East Span project since the start of soil sampling more than five years ago, amassing thousands of images along the way.
— Brenda Kahn

The photo exhibits can be viewed at the Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. through January 5, 2007. Visitors must check in with MTC’s third floor receptionist to access the second floor at the MetroCenter. For more information, contact Brenda Kahn, coordinator of the MTC Community Art Program, at 510.817.5773.

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