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Iconic Bryant Park Chairs For Sale

bryantparkchair1010.jpg You know those green folding chairs in Bryant Park that, if you were so inclined, you could probably walk right out of there with? They're for sale!

According to the park's online shop, you can "bring home the most cherished and iconic element of Bryant Park, the signature bistro chair. Your Vintage Bryant Park Chair will be selected from the park’s collection of distinctive furniture, greatly coveted and used daily by Midtown professionals and Manhattan dwellers alike. Each steel-framed chair, fitted with wooden slats, is painted in our custom shade, 'Bryant Park Green.' Every chair is authentic, guaranteed to have been in the park for at least one year, and will bear distinctive wear patterns created by patron use and weather conditions."

How much would you pay for a chair that's been sat upon by a real life Midtown professional or Manhattan dweller? They're hoping $125 (which is much less than this replica). According to this website, William Hollingsworth Whyte revitalized Bryant Park, "and his love of easy, casual human use was exemplified in his insistence that there be movable chairs in the park." There are allegedly 3,000 of these green chairs in the park at any given time.

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  • John L

    Can't blame them for trying.

  • whitecastlerock

    Iconic? Hahaha

  • Clarice City

    ...or I could just go steal one for $0 right now.

  • just saying

    Exactly. Bryant Park is asking $125 for a USED chair when there are bunch of these chairs in the park (and they're lightweight and easily portable)?

    How long before these chairs start showing up on Craigslist--at a discount?

  • TK

    Casual use by humans but deliberate use by rats.

  • Kojak

    Why would I pay $125 for the most uncomfortable chair ever designed?

  • Guest

    Ditto.

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