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See who else has been talking about The Bay Lights
March 12, 2013, “Streaming the Bay Lights,” Mail Tribune
March 11, 2013, “From the Rocketship to Bay Lights, “temporary” is the key that unlocked public art in SF,” San Francisco Bay Guardian
March 11, 2013, “San Francisco’s Bay Bridge lights up with 25,000 computer controlled LEDs,” EnGadget
March 10, 2013, “Bay Lights dazzles, but symbolism dim,” San Francisco Chronicle
March 8, 2013, “Gimme 5: Bay Lights, Glaciers, and Gov. Moonbeam,” The Bold Italic
March 8, 2013, “Monumental Bay Lights Project Goes Live in Grand Lighting Ceremony,” Laughing Squid
March 8, 2013, “San Francisco turns a bridge into art with 25,000 lights,” CNN
March 6, 2013, “Bay Bridge transformed after years in the shadows,” NBC Nightly News
March 6, 2013, “The Bridge of Light,” The Today Show
March 6, 2013, “Golden Gate’s grey stepsister dresses up in lights,” Reuters
March 6, 2013, “Massive Public Artwork by Leo Villareal Lights up San Francisco Bay,” Architectural Record
March 6, 2013, “The Light Fantastic: S.F. Oakland Bay Bridge Puts on Big Show,” CBS This Morning
March 6, 2013, “Don’t Miss: Leo Villareal’s The Bay Lights,” W Magazine
March 6, 2013, “Bay Lights: Art installation on the Bay Bridge to flash its lights until 2015,” Daily Californian
March 6, 2013, “The Bay Lights: Video from An Improbable Art Project’s Debut,” Xconomy
March 6, 2013, ‘The Bay Lights’ Officially Unveiled On Bay Bridge, CBS13 Sacramento
March 6, 2013, “The Bay Lights Finally Turn On, and the Results Are Fantastic,” The Atlantic-Cities
March 5, 2013, “Where and How to Watch the Bay Lights,” KQED
March 5, 2013, “The Bay Lights Begins Tonight!,” Dwell
March 5, 2013, “World’s largest LED light sculpture to illuminate San Francisco’s Bay Bridge from Tuesday,” Digital Trends
March 5, 2013, “What San Francisco’s Bay Bridge Looks Like Covered in 25,000 LEDs,” The Atlantic
March 5, 2013, “The Bay Lights Grand Opening Ceremony Kicks Off Tonight,” fora.tv
March 5, 2013, “Bay Lights project dazzles thousands on SF waterfront,” KTVU2
March 4, 2013, “Bay Lights’ a shining moment for region,” SFGate
March 4,2013, “San Francisco’s ‘other’ bridge prepares to shine,” Associated Press
March 4, 2013, “Bay Lights energizes businesses along the waterfront,” San Francisco Business Times
March 4, 2013, “Long Stuck in Obscurity, Bay Bridge Will Go From Drab Gray to Glowing,” New York Times
March 3, 2013, “Bay Bridge art installation set to light up Tuesday,” The Examiner
March 3, 2013, “San Francisco Bay Bridge Lights To Shine,” Huffington Post
March 1, 2013, “2013 anniversaries that will inspire a trip,” USA TODAY
March 3, 2013, “Bay Bridge Goes Mega LED,” NBC4 Southern California
March 1, 2013, “Sparkle & Fade: The Bay Lights Come Alive Next Week,” 7X7
March 3, 2013, “Everything is Illuminated: Celebrate The Bay Lights,” San Francisco Travel
February 28, 2013, “The New High-Tech Patrons,” Wall Street Journal
February 28, 2013, “With 25,000 LEDs, can the Bay Brigge Outshine the Colden Gate?” FastCo Design
February 26, 2013, “The Bay Lights to Illuminate the San Francisco Waterfront on March 5,” Market Watch
February 21, 2013, “Leo Villareal: World’s Largest Light Sculpture,” artselectronic
February 20, 2013, “The Bay Lights” Transforms San Francisco Skyline, Wall Street Journal (Video)
February 20, 2013, “Lights, Action Come to the Bay Bridge,” The Wall Street Journal
February 16, 2013 “S.F. Bay Bridge becoming huge art installation,” Salon
February 13, 2013, “Behind the scenes with the world’s largest LED art project,” CNET
February 8, 2013, “Leo Villareal Lights to Span SF’s Bay Bridge,” Art in America
February 5, 2013, “World’s Happiest Cities: San Francisco Is The Happiest City In America,” Huffington Post
February 5, 2013 “The Bay Lights, Bridge Art Installation Nears Grand Lighting Ceremony,” Laughing Squid
February 3, 2013 “Maestro of Light’ Leo Villareal brings brilliant blaze to Bay Bridge,” SF Examiner
January 2013: “Out with the Old: 25 New Things to See and Do this Year,” Hemispheres Magazine
December 7, 2012, “Bay Bridge Lightshow on Schedule For March Debut,” KQED
November 29, 2012, “Bright Idea,” New York Times Style Magazine
September 18, 2012, “Bay Bridge to beam vivid light sculpture,” San Francisco Chronicle
September 18, 2012, “Official plan to illuminate Bay Bridge revealed,” KGO-TV San Francisco
September 18, 2012, “Huge Bay Bridge light project going ahead,” San Francisco Business Times
September 18, 2012, “Bay Bridge’s Fantastical Light Display,” KNTV NBC Bay Area
September 18, 2012, “Ambitious art project to light Bay Bridge approaching reality,” KTVU FOX Channel 2
September 18, 2012, “Art project to illuminate Bay Bridge,” San Francisco Examiner
September 18, 2012, “Installation of Bay Bridge Light Display To Begin Next Month,” KPIX-TV & KCBS-AM San Francisco
June 11, 2012, “Big-Time Techies Want To Turn SF’s Bay Bridge Into A Glittering Light Show,” Fast Company
May 25, 2012, “To flip the switch on the Bay Bridge, local arts group needs more juice,” San Francisco Business Times
May 16, 2012, “Three Art Fairs Invade SF This Weekend,” 7×7
May 5, 2012, “Everything Will Be Illuminated: Artist to Cover Bay Bridge in Programmable LEDs,” Wired
December 15, 2011, “Bay Area’s Biggest Canvas: the Bay Bridge,” NBC
December 15, 2011, “Artist wants to add moving lights to the Bay Bridge,” abc
December 13, 2011, “Art Backers Want to Light Up The Bay Bridge,” Gizmodo
December 2, 2011, “A proposed project from an acclaimed artist aims to illuminate the Bay Bridge,” Cool Hunting
November 29, 2011, “Bay Bridge Celebrates 75th Anniversary With Light Sculpture Installation”, Huffington Post
November 28, 2011, “The Bay Lights, Light Sculpture Planned For San Francisco Bay Bridge,” The Laughing Squid
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