That doesn’t include iconic images of the Space Needle Maria Shimizu Christensen · Follow Published in Picture This · 4 min read · -- Art installation in downtown Seattle’s Westlake Park, an urban plaza. Those were statues, although I did look closely to see if they were people doing performance art. All photos by author. Roughly 30% of Seattleites were born and raised in the state of Washington, which makes me a minority. My mother was born here, I was born here, and my kids were born here.