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    City of Tacoma Arts Administrator Amy McBride
    Harold Balazs's "Untitled (Concrete Sculpture)" is seen through the trees at Bicentennial Pavilion in downtown Tacoma. Citing safety concerns, the City of Tacoma plans to remove the 40-year-old sculpture. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Safety concerns force Tacoma to remove aging art...
    By Todd Matthews • November 6, 2015 1:42 pm

    The City of Tacoma plans to remove and dispose of a downtown art installation created nearly 40 years ago by…

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    Tom Morandi's Sun King sculpture was installed in a public park this week near Tacoma's Thea Foss Waterway. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Sun King Rising: Moving Tacoma's massive Sun King...
    By Todd Matthews • May 23, 2014 2:07 pm

    If City of Tacoma Public Works Project Engineer Dan Cederlund and his team of contractors could move the three-ton Sun…

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    Tom Morandi's Sun King sculpture was installed in a public park this week near Tacoma's Thea Foss Waterway. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Moving day for Tacoma's massive Sun King sculpture
    By Todd Matthews • May 21, 2014 3:04 pm

    After sitting in storage for nearly a decade, Tacoma’s Sun King sculpture is on the move today.

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    A rooftop test for Tacoma Dome Warhol flower
    A rooftop test for Tacoma Dome Warhol flower
    By Todd Matthews • April 22, 2014 4:13 pm

    The City of Tacoma will continue to explore the feasibility of decorating the roof of the Tacoma Dome with art…

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    The publicly-owned bronze sculpture "Sun King" was created in 1976 by Oregon artist Thomas Morandi. It was originally installed outside the former Sheraton Hotel in downtown Tacoma. Five years ago, however, it was placed in storage to make way for a new sculpture. "Sun King" could be put on display again, this time at a park (pictured) near Thea Foss Waterway. (IMAGE COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)
    Could Tacoma's Sun King see light of day...
    By Todd Matthews • February 26, 2014 2:12 pm

    Tacoma’s warehoused Sun King could soon see the light of day.

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    Tacoma's 'Sun King,' a three-ton, 15-foot-tall, 22-foot-wide steel frame sculpture by Corvallis, Ore., artist Tom Morandi is being stored at the City of Tacoma's Fleet Operations Headquarters. It sat near the corner of Broadway and South 13th Street for three decades before it was placed in storage seven years ago to make way for a new piece of public art. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Sun King In Storage: It's no castle, but...
    By Todd Matthews • February 11, 2014 1:37 pm

    The City of Tacoma’s Fleet Operations Headquarters is probably the last place you would expect to find a piece of…

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    The publicly-owned bronze sculpture "Sun King" was created in 1976 by Oregon artist Thomas Morandi. It was originally installed outside the former Sheraton Hotel in downtown Tacoma. Five years ago, however, it was placed in storage to make way for a new sculpture. "Sun King" could be put on display again, this time at a park (pictured) near Thea Foss Waterway. (IMAGE COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)
    A new home for Tacoma's Sun King?
    By Todd Matthews • December 3, 2013 11:44 am

    A publicly-owned bronze sculpture created more than 30 years ago, but warehoused for the past five years, could be on…

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