PCAD - Seattle Center, Skateboard Park #2 Project, Seattle, WA

Seattle Center, Seattle, WA

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Following the demolition of the Seattle Center's first skateboard park in 2006, a controversy ignited over the location of a second park at the center. At one point, the Everett DuPen Water Sculpture was slated to be moved to make room, which created a furor.

PCAD id: 9762

Publications

Galloway, Andrea, "Skaters hit new snag at Center", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, B1, B5, 07/31/2007. Paynter, Susan, "Once again, the Seattle 'process' gets us nowhere", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, D1, D3, 07/30/2007. Yenter, Sharon, "Letters to the Editor: Why remove one group's amenity to satisfy another?", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, B7, 08/01/2007. "P-I Editorials: Seattle Center Political Ollies", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, B6, 08/01/2007.