Houston, TX, 2017
Funding
Pride Houston, Inc.
Major Partners
FRIENDS OF ALEX HILL, CITY OF HOUSTON, 2017
Project Summary
We helped to create the first Pride crosswalk in Texas. Alex Hill was killed in the intersection, in a hit
and run crash in January 2016. A Mini Mural also was painted at the intersection.
UP Art Studio was commissioned for the crosswalk’s design and implementation.
Pride Houston donated $15,000 to help fund the project’s design and construction. It gained additional support from The City of Houston Mayor Pro Tem Ellen Cohen (who championed the project), The Montrose Center (as fiscal agent), and Traffic Engineers, Inc. (who donated the traffic plan).
UP Art Studio recruited Harper Brothers Construction and the Montrose Management District as partners, to assist with the traffic plan implementation and maintenance of the project.
Initiated as a temporary installation (due to upcoming road construction), the project is refreshed each year before Pride Week by the City of Houston Public Works Department. A permanent installation took place once the road construction was completed in 2020.