Maurice Palumbo Celebrates 75th Golden Gate Bridge Anniversary

Principal Planner & Traffic Engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge Honors his Bridge at Kalligraphia 13

Spectacular  Fireworks  (click to view it)  on May 27, 2012 - 75th  Anniversary Celebration

Maurice Palumbo "75th Anniversary Golden Gate Bridge"

 The poet Adrienne Rich " "[Art] means nothing if it simply decorates the dinner table of the power which holds it hostage."
Palumbo's piece does not merely decorates but it celebrates an event that has momentous historical  significance not only to the Bay Area but also to the world. The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the wonders of the world that every tourist wants to see it in person. My two nephews , at that time of their visit were ages 8 and 9 said, "Where is the gold? How come it looks red-orange?"

What better way to honor the 75th anniversary than its own engineer, Maurice Palumbo.  Maurice is not your average-run-of-the mill engineer.

According to the  2005 Golden Gate Bridge Highway & Transportation Journal "The District’s Principal Planner Maurice Palumbo is receiving industry recognition for his technical work addressing a problem he encountered while working with road designers on accommodating the District’s 45-foot MCI coaches."  Palumbo's technical report was also distributed nationwide to assist transportation and road design. He received another prestigious award in 2010  "in recognition of his expert knowledge of Transportation planning and engineering."

Pretty awesome don't you think when a respected engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge also honors his bridge with calligraphy.

I asked him  when he started taking classes at Fort Mason why an engineer is interested in doing calligraphy. He smiled and replied, "One of these days you'll see me writing Copperplate on the bridge."  Why was he taking Roman Caps?  He said , "I'm Italian and  I'm interested in sculptures and I plan to write Roman letters on sculptures."
I  applied for my CA State Library card as part of work research and reading. It was a delight to find a pin interest board on the Golden Gate Bridge historical photos through the years.