OLYMPIC METAL
by Grant Mandarino



With squares of sod barely knit together, several pieces still being assembled and the "Boeing Company Bicycle Path" unfinished and fenced off, Seattle’s new Olympic Sculpture Park finally opened on Jan. 20, 2007. Delayed by a drawn-out concrete workers’ strike last year, the 8.5-acre, $85-million park, which was originally scheduled to open last October, welcomed throngs of curious visitors who braved the cold weather to traipse through the city’s newest architectural wonder.

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