WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the final full day of its tenure at Hains Point, East Potomac Park, I visited The Awakening, a famous sculpture by J. Seward Johnson. After over 27 years in this location, the sculpture is being moved to the National Harbor development in Prince George’s County, Md.

Hains Point won’t be the same without The Awakening. I visited or pedaled by it many times. It will be very odd, if not unsettling, to see that part of Hains Point empty the next time I bike through there. At least it isn’t going far, though I wonder if we’ll have to pay to park at National Harbor to see it when it is installed there.

[flickr : The Awakening set/slideshow]

PREVIOUSLY:
Awakening moving next week
Grounds for Sculpture