Artist Beth Gahan created “Chromatic Crystallization (Seattle)” for Westlake Park in downtown Seattle. The artwork was designed to fit on artist Robert Maki and landscape architect Robert Hannah’s (1988) permanent stage and arch located at the park’s northwest corner. Gahan’s urban variety of cave crystals appear to grow and thrive on the existing stone structure, activating the space with an unexpected visual experience and making the arch more vibrant. Westlake Park, a bustling urban ecosystem in downtown Seattle, offers an ideal context for a “synthetic growth” inspired by forms in nature but constructed with materials from our urban environment. Local youth took a caretaker role, protecting the work against defacement or graffiti during less-trafficked park hours. The piece became a backdrop for all events at the park, providing an appreciated temporary facelift over the summer months of July through September 2013.