FROM BLIGHT TO BEAUTY - ONE STEP AT A TIME��The Vallejo Capitol Stairs Project needs your contribution...we are almost there! Vallejo’s 100+-year-old Capitol Street Stairs climb the hill from downtown to Vallejo’s Historic District. Gone are the hazardous trees, damaged storm drain, and a seedy and unwholesome environment. The Stairs’ risers are about to be transformed into a beautiful mosaic mural representing Vallejo’s and Mare Island’s 170 + year’s history.
52 risers, each 10 feet wide, will be covered with custom-made art tiles created by renown artists, Aileen Barr and Colette Crutcher, who created the tiles for San Francisco's famous 16th Avenue Stairs. The Capitol Stairs’ art tiles are completed, currently stored Mare Island, and scheduled to be installed next spring once the City of Vallejo finishes the necessary repairs. The tiles were paid for in part by the City of Vallejo's Participatory Budgeting Grant: The Arts, Beautification and Community Development Grant. The remaining funds required to pay for the art tiles have been paid for exclusively by the generosity of Vallejo citizens! Without Vallejo's community's support, none of this could have happened. To complete the project, we need to raise funds for the final payments to the artists and to pay for the installation of the art tiles. Any left over funds will help pay for landscaping the stairs’ surrounding hillside. Working together we can all walk up the stairs of community transformation. Please consider contributing to the Capitol Stairs’ success. Thank you! To see examples of the Art Tiles created for the stairs, check out the Capitol Stairs page or contact us at [email protected].
