Tacoma Daily Index, April 15, 2014

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TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014

Vol. CXXIII, No. 72

OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF TACOMA Devoted to the Courts, Real Estate, Finance, Industrial Activities, and Publication of Legal Notices

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Park preparations begin for Tacoma's Sun King installation Posted online Fri., April 11 Updated Mon., April 14 Article By Todd Matthews, Editor Photos By Todd Matthews, Editor (TOP) / Courtesy Tom Morandi (BOTTOM) A spell of dry and sunny weather has allowed contractors to begin site preparations to a park near Thea Foss Waterway (pictured above) that will soon be home to Tacoma's Sun King sculpture. Seven years ago, the three-ton, 15-foot-tall, 22-footwide steel frame sculpture wrapped in a silicon bronze skin was removed from the corner of Broadway and South 13th Street — its home for three decades (pictured below) — to make way for a new piece of public art. Today, Sun King, which was created by Corvallis, Ore.-based sculptor Tom Morandi nearly 40 years ago, sits in storage at the City of Tacoma's Fleet Operations Headquarters. In December, the City of Tacoma began to accept bids on a $25,000 project that would take Sun King out of storage and place it in a park located at South 15th Street and Dock Street. Five contractors submitted bids, with Puyallup, Wash.-based D & D Construction submitting the least expensive bid and being awarded the contract. Earlier this month, the Tacoma Daily Index reported record rainfall in March delayed moving the public art out of storage and into a public park in downtown Tacoma. On Friday morning, a visitor to the area noticed the park had been temporarily cordoned off and a contractor had dug an area to pour concrete for the sculpture's base, which was completed Monday morning. According to City of Tacoma Public Works Project Engineer Dan Cederlund, the sculpture is scheduled to be moved out of storage and set in the park early next month. A dedication ceremony is scheduled for Fri., June 21, on the eve of summer solstice. To read the Tacoma Daily Index's complete and comprehensive coverage of Tacoma's Sun King, visit our Web site for the following articles: -- Park preparations begin for Tacoma's Sun King installation (Tacoma Daily Index, April 11, 2014) -- Record Tacoma rainfall stalls Sun King's return (Tacoma Daily Index, April 1, 2014) -- Could Tacoma's Sun King see light of day by summer? (Tacoma Daily Index, Feb. 26, 2014) -- Sun King In Storage: It's no castle, but a Tacoma repair shop is home for now (Tacoma Daily Index, Feb. 11, 2014) -- Sun King Dethroned: Can Tacoma ever appreciate this piece of public art? (Tacoma Daily Index, Feb. 5, 2014) -- A new home for Tacoma's Sun King? (Tacoma Daily Index, Dec. 3, 2013)


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