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When the little park designed by Murase Associates opened at the corner of Queen Anne and Roy, I was not impressed. The unloved, gravel-covered site had previously been scraped of its gas station (with pollution still beneath) and sat on a highly trafficked and confusing intersection (yes,...
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Queen Anne
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Visual Art, Parks & Preserves, Arts, Art - Ongoings |
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The city isn't opening many new parks during these budget-crunched times. A noteworthy exception, however, is the freshly renovated and renamed Thomas C. Wales Park, though it isn't a cheerful place for kids to frolic on swings or splash in the wading pool. Instead, it's a memorial to the...
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Queen Anne
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Cut through a berm at a King County sewer pumping station, stainless-steel plates flank Laura Haddad's 2003 Undercurrents, an etched-metal sluiceway aimed into Elliott Bay, ringed by a pleasant circular plaza. Added in '09 to help disguise a mechanical vault for the giant $140 million project...
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Downtown
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Herbert Bayer survived the Austro-Hungarian Empire, studied at the Bauhaus, art-directed Vogue in Weimar Germany, and was included in the Nazis' notorious 1937 "Degenerate Art" exhibit before fleeing to the U.S. And today part of his legacy resides in Kent. Yes, Kent. One of Bayer's last...
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Kent
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As the most touched, caressed, and fondled piece of public art in Seattle, I would nominate Black Sun, installed at the old SAM (now SAAM) on Capitol Hill back in 1969. Hard to remember now, but American-born sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) was once considered a rather daring modernist,...
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Capitol Hill
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Visual Art, Parks & Preserves, Arts, Art - Ongoings |
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Unbuilt lots, even sloped blackberry patches sitting on unstable soil, are fast disappearing in Seattle. Particularly in Fremont, where townhouses sprout like mushrooms, any real-estate resistance is appreciated. Sitting next to the Fremont Branch Library, A.B. Ernst Park was completed four...
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Fremont
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The most popular viewpoint in the city is often a bore for kids. Whenever I walk up to Kerry Park, on the south prow of Queen Anne Hill, shutterbugs, wedding parties, and sightseers are intent on the panoramic view. Watch what the children do, however, when they squirm free of parental grasp or...
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Queen Anne
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A visit from dear old dad always brings the inevitable panic of what the hell you’re going to do with him. If he’s anything like mine, he’s only happy when his wallet remains securely in his pocket. That’s why the totally free Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Ballard is a sure...
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Ballard
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Cowen Park :
Daily, 6:00am-11:00pm
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In flusher times, the Fairmont Olympic Hotel’s 5-diamond 3,000 foot penthouse suite equipped with a king size bed, Jacuzzi, grand piano, dining table for sixteen, and decorative fireplace might have been our pick for best urban escape, but times are hard. Why not try instead the 4.5 mile...
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Ravenna & Wedgwood
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It’s the day you’ve been waiting for. Your closest family and friends are gathered, sun-drenched in their finest, inhaling the sweet fragrance of the twin rows of rose bushes. The flower girl, her bow tied just so, swings her petal-filled basket. In the distance, the majestic Olympics...
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Downtown
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Madison Valley & Madison Park
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