Back when Union Bank was called Union Bank of California, 2006 marked the 100th Anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.  Union Bank was one of a handful of buildings that were left standing after that devastating disaster and for that the building on California Street held a remembrance of sorts to honor that time in our history.  Signs America was charged with the signage for this event and 30′ banners were printed and erected between the large columns in the front of the building.

There were a lot of challenges in this job.  One of them being that anything built prior to 1970 something is considered historical in the eyes of  the San Francisco Preservation Department so to acquire a permit required special permits including a structural engineer to draw up special hardware to hold these heavy banners, after all, the Preservation Department said we can put the banners up as long as we don’t drill any holes into the columns.

So the finished design was rings of steel that would be put on the columns like a collar.  The steel collars were made over sized so that we can put sheets of rubber between the steel and the column to prevent slipping as well as damage to the column.  Then a heavy gage wire was connected from collar to collar at the top and the bottom so that the banners can be turn buckled to the wire to keep them taught.

Signs America performed this work 3 times for 3 different events for Union Bank.