Waterway 15, (sculpture).

Waterway 15, (sculpture).

Conner, Elizabeth, sculptor.

Willwerth, Cliff, sculptor.

Brodax, Laura, sculptor.

Caldwell, Judith, founder.

David Gulassa and Company, fabricator.

Center for Wooden Boats, fabricator.

Waterway 15, (sculpture).

Waterway Fifteen, (sculpture).

Concrete, brick, cobblestone, wood planks, crushed marble, river rock, silkscreened tile, bronze, found objects including bicycle and railroad artifacts, native plants.

Bench: approx. 31 1/2 x 165 x 23 in.; Each tile: approx. L. 1 ft. x W. 1 ft.; Hatchcover: approx. Diam. 28 in.

(At entrance to installation site, on boulder on the right:)WATERWAY NO. 15/PUBLIC ACCESS/FUNDED BY/THE MUNICIPALITY/OF/METROPOLITAN SEATTLE (On boulder on left side of entrance:) IN COOPERATION WITH/THE CITY OF SEATTLE/AND THE/WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT/OF/NATURAL RESOURCES (Text is engraved on many bricks and stones on the walkway in both English and Lushootseed.) (On brick on south side of bottom of stairway:) 1894 wreck/in Seattle/Lake Shore/and Eastern/just west/of Latona/Freight from/Gilman hit/a cow/Coal tender/shot ahead/killing/fireman &/brakeman./Engineer/ran to/Fremont/to telegraph/warning to/evening/passenger/train. (On north side of top of stairway:) DANIEL GILMAN/THOMAS BURKE/1885/R./R./&/E./S./L./S. (On south side of top of stairway:) 1978/OLD/R.R./BED/TO/BIKE/TRAIL

(Around outer edge of hatchcover:) IN THE 1880s, FREMONT GREW UP BESIDE THE TRACKS OF THE SEATTLE LAKE SHORE AND EASTERN RAILROAD. ROSS WAS ACROSS THE SHIP CANAL FROM FREMONT. THE AREA WHERE FREMONT AND WALLINGFORD MEET WAS KNOWN AS EDGEWATER. THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT WAS CALLED BROOKLYN, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YOU ARE STANDING WAS ONCE LATONA. (On hatchcover map:) Cascade/ Queen Anne/ Fremont/ Wallingford/ University District/ Montlake/ Portage Bay/ Roanoake Park/ Eastlake/ Capitol Hill unsigned

Site-specific installation on the shores of Lake Union. "A comprehensive unified artwork incorporating native plants, recycled paving materials and photographic images to provide an historical time line to the site. Beginning at the shoreline with images and text of the first people to live by the lake, the primary path leads visitors through an historical walking tour of the development of Lake Union." The site includes a wooden bench, 62 silk-screened photographic images on tile adhered to boulders, and a hatchcover with a relief map of the Lake Union area of Seattle. The hatchcover is laid flush with the concrete walkway; bronze pieces are embedded in the concrete around the cover, creating a compass rose in the sidewalk. A concrete stairway leading down to the installation is embedded with railroad and bicycle artifacts which have been cast in bronze.

The 62 silk-screened photographic images depict the area in historical settings. Images include scenes of wharfs and buildings along the lakeshore. Trains, streetcars, airplanes, seaplanes and boats are featured. Also depicted are a damaged bridge, a train trestle and memorabilia from a local restaurant. Figures portrayed in the images include a couple, John and Madeline, the last two Lake Union Indians, hosting a potlatch. Two children on the lakeshore, and local restauranteur Ivar Haglund are also portrayed.

Ethnic -- Indian

Object -- Written Matter -- Map

History -- United States -- Washington

Cityscape -- Washington -- Seattle

Waterscape -- Lake -- Lake Union

Waterscape -- Wharf

Architecture -- Boat

Architecture -- Bridge

Architecture -- Vehicle -- Train

Architecture -- Vehicle -- Airplane

Architecture -- Vehicle -- Streetcar

Portrait male -- Haglund, Ivar -- Waist length

Occupation -- Other -- Businessman

Portrait male -- Unidentified -- John

Portrait female -- Unidentified -- Madeline

Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle

Administered by Metro, Arts Program, 821 2nd Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98104

Located North shore of Lake Union at NE Northlake Way & 4th Avenue NE, Seattle, Washington

The installation was commissioned by METRO, the municipality of Metropolitan Seattle as part of a project to separate storm water from sewage flows. The cleaner water collects in the north end of Seattle and travels through pipelines to an outfall in Lake Union. The installation site is just north of the outfall. The wooden bench was designed by Conner in collaboration with the Center for Wooden Boats. The photographic images on tile were made by Brodax. The hatchcover was fabricated by David Gulassa and Company. The bronze artifacts embedded in the stairway were fabricated by Caldwell. IAS files contain copy of related Seattle Arts Commission project description. IAS files contain complete transcription of all text engraved in brick paving, including inscriptions in the Indian language Lushootseed.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994.

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