Sidewalk Stories: a history of a city block

Burien, WA (2000)


At a new AT&T building, I tapped into the rich past of the adjacent street to create historically accurate narratives set into the sidewalk. The story subjects included indigenous residents, homesteaders, recent inhabitants and natural histories.


Excerpts: Planter. Story Plaque, Schematic, and Overview.



planter

beneath the Vashon glacier

Des Moines Island

burien

Hardscrabble

Sunnydale

Mary Brown's homestead

near the lake named for Gottlieb Van Boorian

Nellie Ironside's garden

Chamber of Commerce

corner of 8th Avenue SW and SW 151st




Stokley Towles








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