No. 128 Fremont Troll

Fremont Troll
Troll Ave N
 Seattle, WA

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The Troll is a mixed media colossal statue, located on N. 36th Street at Troll Avenue N., under the north end of the George Washington Memorial Bridge (also known as the Aurora Bridge). It is clutching an actual Volkswagen Beetle, as if it had just swiped it from the roadway above. The vehicle has a California license plate. The Troll was sculpted by four local artists: Steve Badanes, Will Martin, Donna Walter, and Ross Whitehead. He is interactive—visitors are encouraged to clamber on him or try to poke out his one good eye (a hubcap). The Troll is 5.5 m (18 ft) high, weighs 6,000 kg (13,000 lb), and is made of steel rebar, wire, and concrete.

Aurora Avenue North was renamed "Troll Avenue" in its honor in 2005 and The Troll was entered in the soapbox derby in 2007.

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No. 114 Fremont Peak Park

Fremont Peak Park
4357 Palatine Ave N
Seattle, WA

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Fremont Peak Park is a half-acre park on a bluff in the Fremont neighborhood just south of N. 45th Street at 4357 Palatine Ave. N.  The neighborhoods street are quite narrow and the road up to the park is fairly steep. Park on the left side of the street and make sure your tires are set to the curp and your parking break works: )
The park opened to the public on November 10, 2007 and features native plants, artifacts, integrated art projects and short walking trails that showcase the how landscape and art can work together in a public space.
The park has two main design concepts: one mythological, the other cosmological. The mythological elements stem from the idea of mapping a ritualistic path out to view. It is based on the Greek myth in which Ariande gave Theseus the end of a spool of thread that he unwound as he made his way through the labyrinth to slay the Minotaur. In this park the labyrinth is represented by concrete walls.  Ariadne’s silver thread begins as a spool at the entry, then moves into the sidewalk paving, picks up again along a path through the woods, and terminates in a Y embedded in the view terrace, with legs pointing to locations of the sunset at the winter and summer solstices. 
The cosmological aspect of the park ties into the myth, and is also a link to Fremont’s self-proclaimed identity as the “Center of the Universe."  The solstice lines at the view terrace and moon paving at the entrance reference solar and lunar cycles.  There are two locations where pipes in the patterns of constellations are embedded in walls, and the seating boulders in the view terrace are in the pattern of the constellation Corona Borealis, or Ariadne’s crown.

Corona Borealis Balls

Peak Bluff

Cosmic Rays

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No. 81 J.P. Patches Fremont Statue

On August 17th, 2008 a bronze statue of J.P. and Gertrude was unveiled at the corner of Fremont Avenue North and North 34th Street in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. The unveiling date was to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the J.P. Patches show. The statue is called "Late for the Interurban" by sculptor Kevin Pettelle, and is approximately 250 feet east of "Waiting for the Interurban."
J.P. Patches (full name: Julius Pierpont Patches) was a clown portrayed by Seattle entertainer Chris Wedes (1928 – July 22, 2012). The J.P. Patches Show was one of the longer-running locally-produced children's television programs in the United States, having appeared on Seattle TV station KIRO channel 7 from 1958 to 1981.The show was live, unrehearsed improv with rarely more than two live actors on screen (Wedes and Bob Newman) but with frequent contributions from the sound-effects man and off-camera crew.
 The unveiling was attended by hundreds of Patches' Pals, including Washington Governor Christine Gregoire, Congressman Jim McDermott, King County Executive Ron Sims, and several members of the county and city councils; both Chris Wedes (J. P. Patches) and Bob Newman (Gertrude) were present. The event was emceed by Pat Cashman, and the keynote address was given by Wedes' 16-year-old granddaughter, Christine Frost.

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