Favorite work of public art (that's not in Fremont)
'Sound Garden' at NOAA
"Sound Garden," created in the early 1980s by Doug Hollis, is your favorite piece of public art, even though the musical sculpture located on the grounds of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hasn't been accessible to the public since 9/11. Still, the sounds of Sound Garden play on, even from behind a chain-link fence.
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The Pike Place Pig, the University Village cows and "any Cap Hill postered pole." Props to the poster guy!
Other top picks:
"Black Sun" at Volunteer Park
"The Electric Lady Studio Guitar" (Jimi Hendrix) on Broadway
"Fountain of the Northwest" at Intiman Theatre
"Hammering Man" at SAM
"Naramore Fountain" at Freeway Park
"Rave Wave Cave" at Western and Bell
"Reclining Figure" at Eighth Avenue and Pine Street