Bayview – Hunters Point Muni Stop

Bayview/Hunters Point

3rd Street Light Rail Project

LaSalle/Palou Station

The Marquis signpost

The Canopy

This station designed by Frederick Hayes deals with Afro-Centric issues.  Hayes uses a kente cloth roof design and African language and cowrie shell symbols on the platform.

Kente cloth, known locally as nwentoma, is a type of silk and cotton fabric made of interwoven cloth strips and is native to the Akan people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast.

Cowrie shells, throughout Africa and South and North America, symbolize the power of destiny and prosperity.  Spiritually, according to African legend, if you are attracted to cowrie shells you could be family to an ocean spirit of wealth and earth.  It also represents Goddess protection which is very powerful and connected with the strength of the ocean.

This is Frederick Hayes self description: I use portraiture to as an impetus to act and react to various stimuli within the urban environment. To form first impressions, last impressions and indeliable marks. I also believe the portraiture can take many forms and to that end I include cityscapes and the facade. For me all three share my strong desire to frame, name and reconstruct the human condition based on the initial act of looking.