This image was used in the invitation to the opening of the sculpture in Myrtle Edwards Park in 1977.
  • Courtesy Seattle Municipal Archives (John Blaine papers)
  • This image was used in the invitation to the opening of the sculpture in Myrtle Edwards Park in 1977.
Alan J. Stein's piece on the history of Michael Heizer's Adjacent, Against, Upon at Myrtle Edwards Park has gone up on HistoryLink, and it contains several juicy bits. For instance, Gas Works Park was originally supposed to be named Myrtle Edwards Park, but Myrtle Edwards's family didn't want her associated with an old industrial plant. They didn't particularly want her associated with a bunch of slabs of rock and concrete, either, but...

Here's a little more on the piece, too.