No Parking Anytime: Is Sound Transit fighter plane sculpture threatened?
In an e-mail circulating on the Internet, the sculptor proposing chopped-up jet fighters at Sound Transit’s future Broadway light rail station says his project is now in trouble. “The project is now in danger of being canceled, and I need your help,” the e-mail purportedly from Mike Ross says. “Unfortunately, the only people who have been moved to write letters are those who object to the sculpture, and the transit agency is seriously considering canceling the project. It has been demoted from “approved” to “not yet approved,” and the rest of the station development is now proceeding without the sculpture, until we can demonstrate significant community support,” the e-mail says. Sound Transit spokesman Bruce Gray told the P-I the status of the proposed sculpture has not changed. “There’s no box that says approved or not approved that’s checked until the sculpture is sent for fabrication.” He said the agency will co-host a panel discussion about the proposed sculpture June 11, from 6 p.
