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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Street arts Artists and environmentalists team up to create vibrant cityscapes	Sarah van Schagen	18 Jul 2008	Gristmill
The Olympic Sculpture Park. Photo: Jeff Wilcox. 'Cities are what's going to get us out of this mess ... and what makes cities livable is art.' That was the take-home message, summarized by Cascade Land Conservancy President Gene Duvernoy, following a discussion Thursday on art and the environment at the Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park. Built on nine acres of restored urban green space, the Olympic Sculpture Park was a fitting backdrop for a di ...
Topics: art, environmental movement, green living, green space, placemaking, public lands, Seattle (all these topics)

Seattle's Olympic Sculpture Park: a preview The park marries art and nature amidst an urban backdrop	Sarah van Schagen	07 Feb 2007	Gristmill
On Monday I had the opportunity to get a personalized tour of Seattle's new Olympic Sculpture Park. Grist kahuna-at-large Chip Giller and I walked the grounds of the 9-acre green space, located at the north end of the city's downtown waterfront, with Martha Wyckoff and Chris Rogers, two key players in bringing the park to life -- Wyckoff as an environmental consultant for the Seattle Art Museum and Rogers as project manager for the whole shebang. In addition to th ...
Topics: green space, placemaking, Seattle (all these topics)