Waterfront Art Park To Open In Seattle

"Next weekend that site will open as the Olympic Sculpture Park, a lush panoramic space for public art designed by Weiss/Manfredi Architects that connects central Seattle to the water's edge in a series of shifting, subtly choreographed vistas. Founded by the Seattle Art Museum, it features 21 sculptures by renowned artists, most of them recently acquired for the park."

"This $85 million park and another much-heralded project — an $86 million expansion of the Seattle Art Museum that is to open in May — are byproducts of a local explosion of wealth that has seeded major private collections and a growing passion for the arts."