Seattle, Washington Points of Interest / Historical Sites

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Seven Figures

Latitude: 47.6804 (47°40′50″N), Longitude: -122.3281 (122°19′41″W)

Artist Name: Paul Marioni
Description: Cast Glass Tiles, Silicon Mortar, Inner Aluminum Frames To Hold Glass With Outer Frame Made Of Aluminum, Depicts 7 Life-size Human Figures Swimming Through The Water.
Location: Evans Pool
Tourism: Artwork

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Shango Throne

Latitude: 47.6077 (47°36′28″N), Longitude: -122.3022 (122°18′8″W)

Artist Name: Marita Dingus
Description: Painted Male Figure In Wall Niche Decorated With All Sorts Of Recycled Material On An Orange Background, Flanked By Painted Wood Tiles. Decorated By Community Children.
Location: Garfield Community Center, Outdoors
Tourism: Artwork

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Sherwood Gillespie

Latitude: 47.567 (47°34′1″N), Longitude: -122.3074 (122°18′27″W)

Artist Name: Max Nielson
Artwork: Sculpture
Description: A Four-foot Granite Pedestal Flanked On Each Side By Small Bronze Drinking Fountains And Topped By A Small Bronze Statue Of A Golfer, The Bowls Of The Drinking Fountains Are Encircled By Bronze Fish.
Location: Jefferson Park Golf Course Building Entrance
Tourism: Artwork

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Shipmates Light

Latitude: 47.6208 (47°37′15″N), Longitude: -122.3637 (122°21′49″W)

Start Date: May 21, 1977

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Signs of Life

Latitude: 47.6851 (47°41′6″N), Longitude: -122.3376 (122°20′15″W)

Artist Name: Ellen Ziegler
Artwork: Sculpture
Location: Greenlake Wading Pool, In Lawn Around Pool
Tourism: Artwork

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Silverback Gorilla

Latitude: 47.6682 (47°40′5″N), Longitude: -122.3512 (122°21′4″W)

Tourism: Artwork

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Site of Launching of USS Nebraska

Latitude: 47.5949 (47°35′42″N), Longitude: -122.3361 (122°20′10″W)

Notes: plaque about the launching of the USS Nebraska

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Site of Skinner & Eddy Shipyard

Latitude: 47.5948 (47°35′41″N), Longitude: -122.3361 (122°20′10″W)

Notes: plaque

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Skylight Aperture Sundial

Latitude: 47.6405 (47°38′26″N), Longitude: -122.3024 (122°18′9″W)

Artist Name: Rebecca Cummins
Description: Five Colored Glass Discs In The Ceiling, Held In Place By Steel Brackets, Which Project Colorful Spotlights That Float Through The Library As The Sun Moves Across The Sky.
Location: Montlake Branch, Seattle Public Library
Tourism: Artwork

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Skyline Canopies

Address: 330 19Th Ave East, Seattle, WA 98112

Latitude: 47.6216 (47°37′18″N), Longitude: -122.307 (122°18′25″W)

Artist Name: Lydia Aldedge
Artwork: Sculpture
Description: Three Layers Of 1/4 Thick Aluminum Plate Spaced 1-1/2 Apart, Each A Silhouette Of A Different House, Each A Different Color, Above Both The Front Entrances To The Building.
Location: Miller Community Center Entrance
Tourism: Artwork

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Skytones

Latitude: 47.6078 (47°36′28″N), Longitude: -122.3368 (122°20′12″W)

Artist Name: Anna Valentina Murch
Artwork: Sculpture
Description: A Volume Lighting Work In 5 Essentially Square Niches Lit By Concealed Horizontal Lines Of Florescent Lights That Are Programmed Through A Dimming Panel To Create A Continual Abstract Reference To Dissolving Twilight And Changing Daylight.'
Location: Benaroya Hall
Tourism: Artwork

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Sky Landscape I

Latitude: 47.6171 (47°37′2″N), Longitude: -122.3561 (122°21′22″W)

Artist Name: Louise Nevelson
Artwork: Sculpture
Tourism: Artwork

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Sky Legends

Address: 6338 32Nd Ave Southwest, Seattle, WA 98126

Latitude: 47.5481 (47°32′53″N), Longitude: -122.3761 (122°22′34″W)

Artist Name: Steve Gardner
Artwork: Sculpture
Description: Glazed Architectural Terra Cotta Sculptures And Tiles In Exterior Niches Of The High Point Branch Library. Five Legends From Around The World Relating To The Sun, The Stars, And The Moon Became The Inspiration For This Series Of Sculptures And Tiles.
Location: High Point Branch Library, Exterior
Tourism: Artwork

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Soul Pole

Latitude: 47.6019 (47°36′7″N), Longitude: -122.3022 (122°18′8″W)

Artist Name: James Washington Jr.
Artwork: Sculpture
Description: Carved Pole In The Style Of Native American Totems Depicting The History Of The Black Man.
Location: Douglas Truth Branch Library
Tourism: Artwork

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South Park Lights

Address: 8604 8Th Ave South, Seattle, WA 98108

Latitude: 47.5263 (47°31′35″N), Longitude: -122.3228 (122°19′22″W)

Artist Name: Franklin Joyce
Description: Community-inspired Designs Illuminate The Exterior Western Wall Of The South Park Branch Library.
Location: South Park Branch, Seattle Public Library
Tourism: Artwork

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Sparky

Latitude: 47.6626 (47°39′45″N), Longitude: -122.3166 (122°18′0″W)

Artwork: Sculpture
Tourism: Artwork

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Spirit of Washington

Address: 4721 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, WA 98118

Latitude: 47.56 (47°33′36″N), Longitude: -122.2873 (122°17′14″W)

Phone: (206) 684-7171

Site: www.seattle.gov

Foursquare

Artist Name: Marvin Oliver
Artwork: Sculpture
Description: Figure in the NWC Salish style (W.R.T. Bill Holm's stylistic definitions) shown in relief on a whale fin-shaped sculpture.
Location: Columbia Park
Tourism: Artwork

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Split

Latitude: 47.6161 (47°36′58″N), Longitude: -122.354 (122°21′15″W)

Artist Name: Roxy Paine
Artwork: Sculpture
Tourism: Artwork

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Spur Line

Latitude: 47.6323 (47°37′56″N), Longitude: -122.3405 (122°20′26″W)

Artist Name: Maggie Smith
Description: The Artwork Consists Of Benches, Sidewalk Inserts, Pedestrian Handrail Dispersed Along The Pathway. View Decks Have Been Built In A Number Of Stations.
Location: West Lake Union (1.6 Mi. Along West Shore)
Tourism: Artwork

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Sri Chinmoy Statue

Latitude: 47.6475 (47°38′51″N), Longitude: -122.3478 (122°20′52″W)

Artist Name: Kaivalya Torpy
Artwork: Statue
Tourism: Artwork

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