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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Waiting for the Interurban canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Waiting for the Interurban Context triple: [Fremont neighborhood, hasPublicArt, Waiting for the Interurban]
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The Transit Rider
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Waiting for the Interurban Target entity description: 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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Riding on a Railroad
"Riding on a Railroad" is a folk-rock song by James Taylor featured on his 1971 album "Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon."
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B.
Night of the Trains
Night of the Trains was a coordinated 1945 sabotage operation by Jewish underground groups in Mandatory Palestine targeting the British railway network to challenge British rule and immigration restrictions.
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C.
The Train Boy
The Train Boy is a 19th-century rags-to-riches juvenile novel by Horatio Alger Jr. that follows a poor but determined newsboy striving for success through hard work and integrity.
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D.
The Railroad Stories
The Railroad Stories is a collection of Yiddish short stories by Sholem Aleichem that vividly portrays the lives, humor, and hardships of Eastern European Jewish travelers and small-town characters.
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E.
The Transit Rider
The Transit Rider is a concept-driven folk-rock album by experimental music project Faun Fables, blending theatrical storytelling with eclectic, mythic songwriting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
outdoor sculpture
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public sculpture ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ work of art ⓘ |
| artist | Richard Beyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artMovement | public art ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Fremont Arts Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| creator | Richard Beyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
a dog
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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
NERFINISHED
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Statue of Lenin in Fremont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
one dog figure
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six human figures ⓘ streetcar stop sign ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
commuting
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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
NERFINISHED
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Washington (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Fremont, Seattle, Washington, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | City of Seattle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | cast aluminum ⓘ |
| near |
Fremont Bridge
NERFINISHED
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north bank of the Lake Washington Ship Canal ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Fremont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being frequently decorated by locals
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community participation ⓘ |
| ownedBy | City of Seattle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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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Subject: Waiting for the Interurban Description of subject: 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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