I found this completely by accident. From a distance, I genuinely thought someone had left their furniture in the park. Then I got closer and realized the couch, chair, tables—and even the lamp—are made of concrete. It's weathered and graffitied today, but once you know why it's here, the whole park makes sense. Ballard Corners Park opened in 2009 after neighborhood residents worked for years to transform two former lots into a community park. On one lot once stood a Victorian home. Artist Nathan Arnold created The Living Room, a collection of concrete furniture that preserves the memory of the house that once occupied the site. The neighboring lot held Bill Boutin's corner grocery store, representing the small neighborhood markets once common throughout Ballard. That history is remembered on the other side of the park with a Corner Store installation, complete with soda-fountain-style counters and stools and historic neighborhood photographs. What initially looks like a strange collection of concrete furniture is really a little park designed around the memory of what used to be here.