With your wonderful support, our city's political process worked! The DuPen Fountain at the Seattle Center, created for the 1962 World's Fair, has been saved. The skateboard community wins, too, by finally finding a location for their new park.
At the very last moment, on July 23, the Seattle City Council vote to remove the fountain and its sculptures was delayed thanks to questions from Council-member Tom Rasmussen. Subsequently the many letters and e-mails written by citizens of Queen Anne and the arts community influenced the council vote.
On Aug. 6, the council voted unanimously to not remove the fountain and to locate the skatepark at the Second and Thomas site.
Our wish now is that the children and citizens of Seattle and Queen Anne Hill will long enjoy this very special and serene area of the Seattle Center for years to come. Sculptor Everett DuPen, my father, would have been so pleased.
Destia DuPen Hermes
Redmond
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