Olympic Sculpture Park: Visitor Information

Construction Slideshows

Construction photography by Paul Macapia. Aerial photography courtesy of soundviewaerial.com.


	December 2006 December aerial views show the park close to completion, as SAM staff prepares for the opening events scheduled to start in early January.

	November 2006 Construction photography for this month highlights the installation of Pedro Reyes' Capulas and his 130-foot Evolving City Wall Mural.

	October 2006 The park comes alive with sculpture, as major works such as Alexander Calder's The Eagle, continue to be installed.

	September 2006 Roxy Paine's Split and Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen’s Typewriter Eraser, Scale X were installed this month.

	August 2006 This month many of the park precincts will achieve their final grades, as the topsoil and irrigation is placed in preparation for planting in the final months.

	July 2006 Preparations were made for the first major art installation that occurred at the end of the month.

	June 2006 The steel for the Burlington Northern Pedestrian Bridge was placed by the end of the month, connecting all three parcels of the park.

	May 2006 Construction was active in all parcels of the park, with the framing and siding of the PACCAR Pavilion, plantings in the grove, and beginning preparations for art installation.

	April 2006 Weather permitting, the park will start to take on a whole new "green" look this month!

	March 2006 The placement of the PACCAR Pavilion’s structural steel was completed in the month of March, as were the forming and pouring of the structural concrete walls.

	February 2006 The construction team completed the seawall stabilization and beach excavation within the “fish window” (the winter period that is least disruptive for sensitive salmon habitat and migration).

	January 2006 January saw a blur of construction activity on all three parcels—from Western Avenue to the water’s edge.

	December 2005 As we move into the winter months, activity will increase on the waterfront as the seawall stabilization and pocket beach excavation get underway.

	November 2005 In November construction continued on all three parcels and the remediation of the waterfront was completed.

	October 2005 A relatively dry autumn allowed for unimpeded construction activity through the fall months.

	September 2005 Earthwork is a major component of the construction activity. By the end of the park’s construction, over 200,000 cubic yards of fill will have been brought to the site.

	August 2005 Construction activity commenced in early August with the demolition of the remaining foundations of the former UNOCAL building on the corner of Broad Street and Western Avenue.

	July 2005 When the new Olympic Sculpture Park opens in the winter of 2006, it will transform a major industrial site into an 9-acre park that will be free and accessible to the public.

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