Waiting for the Interurban

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Waiting for the Interurban is a popular cast-aluminum public sculpture in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood depicting six people and a dog waiting at a streetcar stop, often humorously decorated by locals.

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Waiting for the Interurban canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf outdoor sculpture
public sculpture
tourist attraction
work of art
artist Richard Beyer
artMovement public art
commissionedBy Fremont Arts Council
country United States of America
creator Richard Beyer
depicts a dog
people waiting for a streetcar
six people
genre figurative sculpture
hasCoordinateLocation 47.650° N, 122.349° W
hasCulturalSignificance local landmark in Fremont
hasHeritageStatus informal local landmark
hasLocalCustom dressing the figures for holidays and events
hasNearbyArtwork Fremont Troll
Statue of Lenin in Fremont
linked to: Lenin statue
hasPart one dog figure
six human figures
streetcar stop sign
hasSubject commuting
public transportation
urban life
hasTitleLanguage English
imageSubject people standing under a shelter at a streetcar stop
inception 1979
influenced Fremont’s identity as the “Center of the Universe”
isPartOfSeries Fremont neighborhood public artworks
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Seattle
Washington (state)
linked to: Washington
location Fremont, Seattle, Washington, United States
linked to: Fremont, Seattle
maintainedBy City of Seattle
material cast aluminum
near Fremont Bridge
north bank of the Lake Washington Ship Canal
neighborhood Fremont
notableFor being frequently decorated by locals
community participation
ownedBy City of Seattle
partOf public art in Seattle
publiclyAccessible yes
subjectHasRole streetcar passengers
touristAttraction yes
uses cast-aluminum figures mounted on a concrete base

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Fremont neighborhood hasPublicArt Waiting for the Interurban
Fremont, Seattle hasPublicArt Waiting for the Interurban