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Workers install a colorful 20-foot tall "nail" sculpture along the Eastrail Trail.

Watch out for 'Nails' on the trail

By Katie Metzger

The newest public art piece rising from the ground outside Sound Transit’s future Link light rail base in Bellevue is hard t… Read more
The steel sculpture called Gertie's Ghost after being installed in South Tacoma

Gertie's Ghost surfaces in Tacoma

By Kathryn Van Sanden

Contractors carefully hoisted the 20-ton steel sculpture, Gertie’s Ghost, into place this week on… Read more

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Beacon Hill "Common Threads" art poles rise again!

By Sound Transit

Special to The Platform by Tim Marsden, Sound Transit Art Maintenance Specialist (and all-around good guy)… Read more

A cartoonish illustration of a busker playing guitar and singing.

Name that tune: new busking areas at six light rail stations

By Galen Crawford

Sound Transit has expanded its busker program from a pilot project at the University of Washington and Capitol Hill Link… Read more

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Sound Transit in the News: A Prettier Ride

By Zee Shaner

(photo credit: Lizz Giordano)

  • Your ride through SODO just got prettier:… Read more