She’s among our nation’s most familiar symbols: Lady Liberty, looking out over the water, a torch held aloft in her right hand, expression of implacable calm on her face. Except, this one gazes out upon Elliott Bay, 2,900 miles west (and 1/18 the size) of the famous Statue of Liberty in New York’s harbor.
After more than 70 years, the statue’s unexpected presence kinda melts into the eclectic energy of Alki Beach. But, how did it get there in the first place? Seattle and New York have little in the way of common culture, outside of horrifying housing costs and a tendency to nitpick the
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