An article about the art program in general is a great idea. At least then
there would be a list of artworks and people can more easily determine
which are notable and perhaps worthy of independent articles.
Jason
On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 1:01 PM, SounderBruce <sounderbruce(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Perhaps the ST Art program warrants a standalone list
with every piece of
artwork (and links to stations and artists). Only a handful may be notable
on their own (e.g. Capitol Hill's *Jet Kiss, *which has been
controversially
expensive
<
http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2009/08/sound-transit-approves-cash-for-c…
and uses deconstructed fighter jets) and
thus could have their articles
linked from there.
On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 12:55 PM, Jason Moore <anotherbelieverwp(a)gmail.com
wrote:
I added the Sound Transit Art Program link to the
Sculpture page and will
do some research, hopefully sooner than later. Obviously, not all pubic
artworks are notable, but I've created nearly 125 articles about public
art
> in PDX, so hopefully we can improve coverage of Seattle's public art as
> well.
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 12:52 PM,
SounderBruce <sounderbruce(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Joe, your photos are more than
enough for the annex page.
>
> > Jason, I can help
photograph and document some of those pieces. I'm
> > especially interested in seeing if some of our light rail artworks
> > <
>
http://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/201404_starto…
> >
> > are notable enough for
standalone articles.
>
> > On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at
12:29 PM, Jason Moore <
> anotherbelieverwp(a)gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
>
> > > Congrats on the Main
Page appearance! I always enjoy reading about
> > historic
> > > buildings in the region.
> >
> > > BTW, I am working
on a survey of Seattle's outdoor sculpture and
public
> > art. If anyone enjoys creating new
articles about notable works of
art,
> > > feel free to start here:
> >
> >
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Seattle/Sculpture
> >
> > > Keep up the great
work, Bruce!
> >
> > > On Tue, Feb 16,
2016 at 11:59 AM, Joe Mabel <jmabel(a)speakeasy.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > > Bruce, I
took some photos of the reactor building in 2009:
> > >
> >
>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:University_of_Washington_Nuclea…
> > >
> > > > Let me
know whether those meet your needs; if not, I can probably
> find
> > > > some time the next few weeks to go take more.
> > >
> > > > JM
> > >
> > > > On
2/16/2016 11:52 AM, SounderBruce wrote:
> > >
> > > >> My
DYK hook for the old Federal Reserve Bank Building
> > > >> <
> >
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Bank_Building_(Seattle)>
> > > >> got
> > > >> approved and is live on the main page, featuring a picture taken
by
> Joe.
> > >>
> > >> I'm slowly going to make my way through the endangered
NRHP-listed
> > >> buildings in the area and give them the coverage they deserve.
Next
> up
> > > is
> > > >> the More Hall Annex <
> > >
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:More_Hall_Annex>
> > > >> (UW's decommissioned nuclear reactor).
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >
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