Olympic Sculpture Park has transformed a 9-acre former industrial site into a nationally acclaimed public park featuring outdoor sculpture exhibits from the Seattle Art Museum.  The park links Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood with Myrtle Edwards Park and Puget Sound.  The shoreline significantly enhances public access and provides important habitat restoration for Elliott Bay salmon fisheries and wildlife.  Anchor QEA led the shoreline restoration design that included 1,200 linear feet of waterfront improvements.  Habitat features included stabilization of the existing seawall, creation of a salmon migration bench, and conversion of a riprap revetment to beach and nearshore habitat for juvenile salmon rearing.  Anchor QEA’s restoration design also included the formation of a new kelp forest in the subtidal zone.  The habitat has been extensively monitored by the University of Washington and a high degree of utilization by target species, such as juvenile salmon, has been documented post-construction.  The design team was led by Weiss Manfredi Architects of New York, with Magnusson Klemencic Associates as lead civil/structural engineer.  Anchor QEA obtained aquatic permits for the project and played a lead role in developing a successful urban shoreline design that is proven to be both salmon-friendly and people-friendly, as well as feasible to permit and construct.  The project, completed in January 2007, has gained local and national attention and recognition for several aspects including integration of habitat restoration and human use of the shoreline.  The Olympic Sculpture Park was recognized with the “Top Restored Beach” award by the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association in 2008.