(reverent orchestral music) - I'm Starla Sampaco in the Crosscut KCTS 9 newsroom.

40 years after the start of the AIDS epidemic, an AIDS memorial rises in Capitol Hill, making Seattle one of the last major cities with a large LGBTQ+ population to get a permanent public and physical space for grief and remembrance.

A sculpture by artist Christopher Paul Jordan titled "And I'm Gonna Miss Everybody" forms the centerpiece of the AIDS Memorial Pathway, a scattered trail of public artworks bridging the new plaza with the northwest corner of Cal Anderson Park.

The park was named after Washington's first openly gay state legislator, who died of AIDS-related complications in 1995.

Later this year, sculptures by Portland-based artist Horatio Hung-Yan Law will be installed at the park and an augmented reality app will bring the sculptures alive with historical photos, oral history, and music.

I'm Starla Sampaco.

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