Cornerstones
Artist
Stacy Levy
MediumSandblasted sandstone, cast glass
Dimensionseach tile: 24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm)
ClassificationsIntegrated Art
Credit LineSeattle Public Utilities 1% for Art funds (formerly Engineering Department), Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Matching Fund grant, private sources
Project Background: These sidewalk insets mark the route of a tunneled sewer line installed as part of an SPU Combined Sewer Outflow Project under Eastlake Avenue East. With support from the Eastlake Community Council and its members artist Stacy Levy, placed a series of square artworks at street corners along Eastlake Avenue East, unifying the arterial and coinciding with the sewer location.
Description: 32 cast glass and stone sidewalk insets each depicting a different micro-organism, such as a protozoa, rotifers, algae, diatoms, and crustaceans found on Lake Union or on its shores. Aquatic micro-organisms line the lake side with the terrestrial ones on the east side of the street. The glass insets call out the names of the cross streets and Eastlake Avenue and include a compass rose.
Description: 32 cast glass and stone sidewalk insets each depicting a different micro-organism, such as a protozoa, rotifers, algae, diatoms, and crustaceans found on Lake Union or on its shores. Aquatic micro-organisms line the lake side with the terrestrial ones on the east side of the street. The glass insets call out the names of the cross streets and Eastlake Avenue and include a compass rose.
Artist Statement: My work attempts to make natural process and life forms visible and memorable.
Location: Inset into the sidewalk at intersections along Eastlake Avenue in the Eastlake Neighborhood.
Location: Inset into the sidewalk at intersections along Eastlake Avenue in the Eastlake Neighborhood.
