Pike Place Market I was commissioned in 1983 by Architect Emeritus Victor Steinbrueck to complete the two 50 foot totem poles that he designed for the Belvedere Park at Pike Place Market. The figures on these two totem poles represent how important the Farmers Market is to the people of Seattle. The park that surrounds the totems represents a very necessary space that Victor Steinbrueck felt is essential to people that live in the city. |  |   | | The Victor Steinbrueck Park is built on top of a parking facility which made for some very special engineering challenges concerning the installation and mounting of the two 50 foot totem poles. You can see in the photos how the totems were lifted up and over by crane from below and outside, securing them to their concrete and steel olumns. |
Victor Steinbrueck Park | | |  | The two figures at the top of the totem standing at the south end of the park honor the men and women that belong to the Honorary Farmers Market Association. The metaphorical figures on the totem at the north end of the park are: bear, hawk, orca whale, human and raven. |  | | | | |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 02 April 2007 )
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