Seattle, Washington: Equality - Prosperity vs. Wretchedness
Rolon Bert Garner and Ken Leback's "Equality" (1996) is 35 identical small granite houses set on a grid, looking up at a larger, super-rich bronze house on a grassy park hillside.
- Address:
- Sturgus Ave. S., Seattle, WA
- Directions:
- East of I-5, visible adjacent and southwest of I-90. From surface roads, the park is along the I-90 Trail along Sturgis Ave. S.
- Phone:
- 206-684-4075
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The plaque has been stolen, but the installation is still worth a visit.
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The sculptural work presents 35 small, identical granite houses overlooked by a 1 percenter bronze house on the hill. Since 1996, when it was installed, the stained and tarnished rich guy's house is no longer so impressive. The missing bronze plaque featured a lofty quote from Alexis de Toqueville's "Democracy in America," 1835.