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Yesterday, reader Dave sent us these photos of some street seating options in Williamsburg. He wondered if it was courtesy the MTA, since the plastic seemed a lot like MTA plastic. Luckily, other people (well, blogs - Williamsburg Walkers, Curbed) were wondering the same thing and it turns out that the seats were from a Conflux Festival installation called "Have a Seat. "
Artist Caroline Woolard's statements says, "Although my 'Have a Seat' project may seem like three-dimensional graffiti, it is removable with the right chuck for the bolt that slides in the holes of the u-channel. People will see the seats and either sit on them or not, but I hope all people will enjoy resting while waiting for buses or friends." Her blog also has the locations of the seats.
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funny ... we just talked about those on our Williamsburg Podcast.
Where's Williamsburg?
this makes me want to go to williamsburg. i like sitting.
Cool, now we know who to sue if we sit on it and crash to the ground.
The only question I have is how much weight will those things support because I've seen people bend those U-shaped extrusions pretty easily. Is this another one of those "bright" ideas by a Pratt student like the one that had a table built into two sides of a chainlink fence only to be seen littered about the neighborhood a few weeks later?
finally somewhere to clip my fingernails in peace! you subway hatemongers have forced me above ground!
cool idea. bad side effect: they make it virtually impossible to lock your bike to the sign post to which they're attached. basically, they increase the neighborhood's sitting space while decreasing its bicycle parking.
I love all the great public art that goes on around the city. Stuff like this is so interesting. You never realize the amount of thought that goes into these things. It's great to hear from the artists.
will bike riders ever be happy?
park your bike on the o ther side sucka. i personally love these benches. makes that drunk stumble from the Marcy J to the Northside easier.
Come on. She did something cool. Suing her 'cause your dumb ass couldn't get up fast enough when the thing starts to break is lame.
this is great. When I'm dealing crack to schoolkids I love to sit instead of stand.
I'll feel sorry for bikers not having places to park as soon as they are more considerate of joggers and walkers. Car is to biker as biker is to walker.
How long do you think these will last? The MTA's lawyers will determine that they will be liable if the metal girder (it's not a pole) should give way and lead to injury, and will have each and every one removed.
Better yet, the artist herself will probably be held liable as well. Better to install actual benches.
Curbed picked this off of my blog originally.
C'mon can't you see the inevitable lawsuit arising from some dummy or ambulance chasing lawyer? The seats are kitchy and funny - to us - not DOT lawyers. Lame or not, frivolous litigation is here to stay as long as it pays.
-Pack Leader
Marvelous. Thanks, will spread this among my friends!
I can't be bothered with anything these days, but such is life. I don't care. So it goes. More or less nothing seems worth thinking about. I've just been hanging out waiting for something to happen, but that's how it is.
Marvelous. Thanks, will spread this among my friends!
Not much on my mind lately. My life's been completely boring these days. I've just been hanging out not getting anything done. So it goes.