{"id":21675,"date":"2025-10-27T00:10:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T00:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/21675\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T00:10:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T00:10:06","slug":"orlando-artist-creates-crosswalk-pins-inspired-by-pulse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/21675\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando artist creates crosswalk pins inspired by Pulse"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014\u00a0An Orlando artist was inspired by the Florida Department of Transportation painting over the rainbow crosswalk<\/a> near the former Pulse nightclub.<\/p>\n

Allison McIntyre designed a pin \u2014 which looks like the crosswalk before it was painted over in August \u2014 on Photoshop. It honored the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a lot of us felt angry. It\u2019s a really significant memorial piece. It\u2019s about visibility. It\u2019s about honoring people that we\u2019ve lost,\u201d said McIntyre.<\/p>\n

She originally ordered 100 pins to sell locally, but the idea got much bigger than she thought. McIntyre sold them all and reordered 1,000 more.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the project gained traction, we had almost 500 orders basically overnight,\u201d she explained. \u201cSo I realized we were going to need a lot more than 100 pins, which is so exciting, and I\u2019ll keep making more as long as it\u2019s resonating with people.\u201d<\/p>\n

McIntyre says she has sold about 600 pins for eight dollars each. The proceeds support The Center Orlando.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a really great way of getting the word out and getting some color out into our world. It\u2019s beautiful,\u201d said CEO George Wallace.<\/p>\n

This year, LGBTQ+ groups reported a loss in state and federal funding,<\/a> including The Center Orlando. Wallace says he\u2019s had to cut down on staffing and close their Kissimmee location.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a tough year, so we\u2019re really leaning into the community to help us get through this year and end strong so 2026 we can start again and continue to serve our community,\u201d said Wallace.<\/p>\n

McIntyre says she has already totaled up about $1,500 for The Center Orlando, and she is talking to local businesses to get the pins sold in person as well.<\/p>\n

She currently sells the pins online.<\/a> The project has also inspired her to start a nonprofit organization called The Fieldworks Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014\u00a0An Orlando artist was inspired by the Florida Department of Transportation painting over the rainbow crosswalk…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1015,115,1335,139,141,140,16956],"class_list":{"0":"post-21675","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-emma-delamo","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-orange-county","11":"tag-orlando","12":"tag-orlando-headlines","13":"tag-orlando-news","14":"tag-pulse-shooting"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}