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1996 Projects
Froula Park Armchairs/Green Lake Reservoir
12th Avenue NE and NE 73rd Street, Roosevelt
Artist: Peter Reiquam
1996
Two cast concrete armchairs and a table provide an informal seating and gathering area at Seattle Public Utilities’ Green Lake Reservoir property and adjacent hypochlorite facility. Since its creation in 1996, the sculpture has become a popular open-air sitting room for parents watching children play, as well as children playing house and for SPU employees to sit during breaks and lunch. With large trees, houses and rooftops as a backdrop, artist Peter Reiquam’s sculpture brings to mind the domestic tranquility of the neighborhood, families, and their community.
Gazebo/Maple Leaf Park
Roosevelt Avenue NE and NE 82nd Street, Maple Leaf
Artists: Jean Whitesavage and Nick Lyle
1996
Located at Maple Leaf Reservoir, a Seattle Public Utilities facility, this 12-foot steel gazebo was designed by Jean Whitesavage and Nick Lyle. The gazebo contains images of plant and animal forms indigenous to the Pacific Northwest, highlighting and educating visitors about aspects of the natural environment for which Seattle Public Utilities has a stewardship role. The Gazebo is a quiet place to read or think, a place for parents to chat while their kids play, for SPU employees to use during lunch and breaks, and a gathering place that enhances the reservoir property
Equality/Sturgus Park
Sturgus Avenue S, east of 12th Avenue S Bridge, Beacon Hill
Artists: Rolon Bert Garner and Ken Leback
1995-1996
Equality is the vision of Rolon Bert Garner and Ken Leback, featured on a viewpoint on Sturgus Avenue South on the northeastern edge of Beacon Hill. The work was the result of a partnership between Washington State Department of Transportation and the City, attempting to create art at sites along the Interstate 90 corridor, in conjunction with related infrastructure improvements that included the relocation of water mains (SPU facilities) in proximity of the project. The artists developed an artwork that represented the changes that occur when humans make contact with the land, so the site progresses from planted areas evocative of the wild to a more built environment depicted by a community of granite houses. SPU’s environmental stewardship activities address impacts the manmade places on the eco-system. Among the houses is a plaque, bearing a quotation from Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America.
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