23rd and Union is Seattle

THE CORNER IS 23RD AND UNION
Seattle's 23rd and Union

Twenty Third Avenue and East Union Street is a corner in Seattle's Central District, the city's historically African American neighborhood going through gentrification.
Gentrification has pushed out good people and small local business and it's sad. Take a tour, drive by the corner, enjoy the web site and radio commentary.
Twenty-Third and Union is a corner in flux. What's not visible here? How can listening and speaking to one another transform and deepen our experience of a place?
THE CORNER IS PUBLIC ART
An installation created by Handsome Murals will revitalize the empty lot on the southwest corner of 23rd and Union and invite neighbors to call the documentary's phone number.
The installation will feature stunning photographs by Inye Wokoma, of neighbors standing on the corner.
NKO of the Free Sheep Foundation has designed a series of monumental structures that feature larger-than-life prints of Inye's photos. These site-specific and improvisational works will be built from found materials with 'Scratchmaster' Joe Martinez of Handsome Murals, along with collaborators No Touching Ground and David Rauschenberg.
The Corner: 23rd and Union is made possible by Public Radio Maker's Quest 2.0, an initiative of AIR, the Association of Independents in Radio, with funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (http://www.mq2.org).


Learn more at http://23rdandunion.org (coming June 2009!)