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Why does Seattle have so much public art?

caption: Murals are on display on the back The Fish Store on Thursday, December 6, 2018, along Lake City Way Northeast in Seattle.
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Murals are on display on the back The Fish Store on Thursday, December 6, 2018, along Lake City Way Northeast in Seattle.
KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer

A KUOW listener asked why there's so much public art in Seattle. Arts and culture reporter Marcie Sillman travels back in time nearly 50 years to tell the sometimes-fraught story.

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