Overview
- The installation, which was ceremonially lit on Sunday night, June 21, is active each night from sunset to sunrise through July 4.
- Illuminate assembled the project in under 40 days and secured a nightly-use permit from the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department for Civic Center Plaza.
- Forty-nine laser cannons form a 7x7 grid meant to represent the city’s 49 square miles and the system can shift colors and patterns to mark Pride, World Cup flags and July 4 themes.
- Organizers warn that fog and other weather will shape how the beams look, often making them appear closer to the ground on foggy nights and thinner and higher on clear nights.
- A separate 'Welcome SF' rainbow projection along Market Street is scheduled for later this week, and organizers say the coordinated displays aim to draw visitors and boost nearby businesses.