Advocates for the homeless are creating a permanent memorial in Victor Steinbrueck Park to remember the 380 homeless people who have died or have been killed in King County in the past decade.
Carol Cameron of the Homeless Remembrance Project, which is sponsoring the sculpture, said the group chose a tree to represent the circle of life.
The sculpture will be placed in an illuminated plaza and will have a leaf pattern, with some of its leaves missing, a metaphor for the community. Leaves will list the person's name and years of birth and death, if available.
These "leaves of remembrance" will be placed where people have died and at important places for the homeless community. The first will be outside Noel House/Bakhita Gardens at Second and Bell,