An Urban Discovery

We made a day-trip to Seattle over the holiday break, & among other things went to a late afternoon matinee of the new Sherlock Holmes (and yes, I liked it very much! How can you not just love Robert Downing & Jude Law?! I'm thinking a lot about urban camouflage since that movie...)
Anyway I digress--we ended up parking on a little street corner next to a playground with a great sculpture!

you may recognize this one...

I did a little sleuthing after we got home--turns out it was done by the same artist who did Waiting for the Interurban, a famous Seattle landmark. (It's so lovable--it gets dressed up for many occasions...it is in Fremont after all!)

What a treat to find out more about Richard Beyer & contributions he's made around the sound & beyond.

...but not likely this one!

Here's what was written about this sculpture:
the University Playground in Seattle was created after hundreds of small family homes were demolished to create a new freeway in the late 1950's. When asked to produce a sculpture for the park, Beyer decided to memorialize the displaced families. A large female Sasquatch is pushing over a "house"  made of 8" beams to resemble a falling down house & still be safe for children at play. 
Only in the northwest--a Sasquatch! (I thought it was a gorilla!)
You go girl! And thanks Richard!