Firestorm Community Mural Project

Not sure what to make of this. I know the Oakland fire was a huge deal, but to me, it’s ancient history, albeit one I hope people learn a less from.
The mural itself isn’t actually that obvious in passing, just looks like it’s colored tiles, and in fact I didn’t even though it was about the fire until I saw it on Unilocal.
Still, it adds some color to an otherwise boring underpass, and it’s a great memorial piece to those who remember. Go peer at it at least once.

Before we had 8-​bit retro stuff, we had 8-​bit current stuff. Wayyyyyyy before we had 8-​bit current stuff, we had mosaics. Tiles, son.
Thing is, in order to bake and glaze tiles, we needed fire. Contained fire. Manipulated fire. The fire Oakland got decades ago was the other kind.
Turning the heat of death into the warmth of love are the memories, stories, and thank-​yous within the 2000+ pieces of this mural.

You’ll find this collection of more than two thousand handpainted tiles that honor those firefighters who fought and/​or perished in the 1991 blazes that devastated the Oakland Hills at the entrance to the Rockridge BART station.