Artist, city clash over future of West Seattle sculpture

The Paragon sculpture honors those who worked along the Duwamish River. The city is seeking to remove it due to damage from weather and time.

SEATTLE — A local artist is working to save a West Seattle sculpture from being removed from where it has stood for over 20 years.

Don Fels built the Paragon sculpture at həʔapus Village Park and Shoreline Habitat in West Seattle in the early 2000s. Due to weathered and damaged materials on the sculpture, the city has plans to “deaccession,” or remove, the piece for public safety.

“I don’t want the sculpture to die because with it goes a huge

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