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.



Mary Brown



Stokley Towles








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