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Waiting For The Interurban
''Waiting for the Interurban'', also known as ''People Waiting for the Interurban'', is a 1978 cast aluminum sculpture collection in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. It is located on the southeast corner of N. 34th Street and Fremont Avenue N., just east of the northern end of the Fremont Bridge. It consists of six people and a dog waiting for public transportation — specifically, the Seattle- Everett Interurban. While the interurban railway ran through Fremont from 1910 until 1939, it stopped on Fremont Avenue rather than N. 34th Street, which the statue faces. The sculptor, Fremont resident Richard Beyer, included several subtleties in the sculpture which reward close viewing. The face of the dog was sculpted to resemble Fremont political leader and the city's "godfather of recycling" Armen "Napoleon" Stephanian, with whom Beyer had public disagreements in the 1970s. People living and working in the Fremont neighborhood often dress the characters in apparel appropr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Beyer
Richard Sternoff Beyer (July 26, 1925 – April 9, 2012) was an American sculptor from Pateros, Washington. Between 1968 and 2006, Beyer made over 90 sculptures. Biography Beyer was born in Washington D.C. on July 26, 1925. He was raised in Virginia and graduated from Fairfax High School in 1943. Beyer enlisted in the U.S. Army in World War II, and served from 1944 to 1946, and was in the Battle of the Bulge. Beyer earned a degree in social sciences from Columbia University, He moved to Seattle to work on an economics Ph.D. at University of Washington but did not complete the program. At age 75, in 2001, Beyer suffered a stroke, but he continued to create art. He died in New York City on April 9, 2012, after a stroke. Work Beyer was best known for his sculpture '' Waiting for the Interurban'' located in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. The sculpture, which is one of the most popular works of art in Seattle, was commissioned by the Fremont Arts Council and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |