FOREST SUCCESSION

Smith Ave. Everett Station, Train and Bus Station, Everett, WA 2002

These benches are adjacent to a series of timber industry paintings by Kenneth Callahan from the 1940’s. Each bench represents a stage of the forest regeneration, from stumps marked by the harvest axes, to new growth, and finally to maturity. This represents the first growth alder.

12 Benches total

• Commissioned by City of Everett, WA. Sound Transit

• Materials: steel base; bench tops are maple, fir, Alaska yellow cedar, red cedar, alder, and western walnut. All woods are indigenous to the West Coast

• Dimensions: 18” x 72” x 21”