Gothamist: Public Sign Seating

Sten42987

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:51:26 -0500

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.

home loans

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 06:48:57 -0500

Marvelous. Thanks, will spread this among my friends!

TramadoL95257

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:49:48 -0500

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.

burburry

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 22:41:29 -0500

Marvelous. Thanks, will spread this among my friends!

Sean

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:13:12 -0500

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

James Frey

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:20:45 -0500

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.

UCB Bus Driver Amy

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:45:01 -0500

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.

j

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:24:43 -0500

this is great. When I'm dealing crack to schoolkids I love to sit instead of stand.

Jonathon

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:18:58 -0500

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.

northsidebiker

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:09:46 -0500

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.

nick

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:55:54 -0500

will bike riders ever be happy?

MT

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:54:39 -0500

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.

zach rodgers

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:47:03 -0500

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.

james

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:41:23 -0500

finally somewhere to clip my fingernails in peace! you subway hatemongers have forced me above ground!

otherobject

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:38:22 -0500

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?

timbnyc

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:36:54 -0500

Cool, now we know who to sue if we sit on it and crash to the ground.

nick

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:34:07 -0500

this makes me want to go to williamsburg. i like sitting.

J

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:28:25 -0500

Where's Williamsburg?

toby

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:04:05 -0500

funny ... we just talked about those on our Williamsburg Podcast.