Placeholders: Cloud, Rock, Tree
Location: Proposal for Block 40, Thomas Street and Terry Avenue, Seattle, WA
Medium: plants, cast concrete, brick paving integrated with sidewalk
Dimensions: seating 18”H x 30”W 18”D , landscaping and paving variable
Project Budget: $182,000
Date of Completion: May, 2007
Description: The art concept is inspired by the history of Terry Avenue, an
industrial use neighborhood in the early 1900’s which still contained remnants of
the original old growth forests standing in sharp contrast to its newly formed urban
grid. The artwork references the survivor trees using an urban vocabulary with
brick, steel, sidewalk planting beds. A “random” composition of oval elements in balance
to the grid of the architecture, the artwork includes the landscape design as well, taking
into consideration street lighting, a streetcar catenary system, parking strips and
seating. Public art site addresses several audiences: pedestrians, motorists and
streetcar ridership.
Client: Westlake Terry Venture LLC.
Design team: Mark Brennan, Caliston Architects, Kris Snider, Landscape Architect