Connecting
to Chinatown

BOOK DESIGN

Typography 2
Alvaro Villanueva
Spring ‘23

Connecting to Chinatown is a book about the San Francisco Muni T Third Street light rail extension and how it ends in Chinatown at the Rose-Pak station. However, this is not a coincidence. Chinatown community leaders had to fight for this.

Through the type treatment and page layouts, the design encompasses the voice of a neighborhood deeply important to SF’s history and geography, and how crucial accessible transportation is, especially as Chinatown is a transit-dependent area. Additionally, all of the photos were taken by me.