- These are,
the submissions for the Street Pole banner contest.
Earlier in February, the Chinatown International District
Business Improvement Area launched a contest
to design street pole banners for the Chinatown International District
neighborhood to beautify the neighborhood in time for World Cup.
The design was not to reflect soccer or football.
We wanted something that would last beyond World Cup for part of the reason
why we did it a contest was because we wanted it to be open to everyone.
Anybody.
All skill levels locally, nationally.
We had over 140 submissions.
The selection process was through a public vote.
We also had the community vote for their favorite artists.
Yeah, that would be my favorite.
Okay, perfect.
And while the theme of the banners is not soccer
related, we wanted something that would be installed in time for World
Cup, reflected the neighborhood and would live beyond this match.
And it was really wonderful to see, all the, talent.
One that stood out to me was this drawing from a small business owners kid
before the city came.
My parents own world Pizza, and there's a lot going on in this neighborhood.
And this is how I imagine
it must have been before all the people came and built everything.
Honestly, it just
warms my heart that so many people submitted something.
So from 145,
we went from 145
to 20 to 5
to 3.
After weeks of talking to the community.
We were able to narrow it down to our finalist.
Stevie Shao.
- I won!
I'm so excited to see all the artwork go up in the neighborhood.
- SDOT helped us with, fabrication and production and installation
of the four different designs that Stevie had produced.
- I've seen it grow and change.
Yeah.
And I'm excited to be part of kind of like this new chapter.