Results tagged “bench”

Tis the season for outdoor drinking, and it looks like some folks created a nice setup at 1071 Manhattan Avenue. Liquor within walking distance: check. Tree: check. Seating: check. Table: check. Tulips: check check check. Just be discreet. Miss Heather spotted the street furniture, and says, "whoever designed and executed this, the best tree pit in Brooklyn, deserves some real and lasting recognition be it from our municipal government or the design community as a whole." Agreed. In fact, perhaps the city should commission some creative folks to dress up more tree pits around town. If you want to take matters in to your own hands, here's the Parks Departments guide on how to care for tree pits, and maybe next year yours can be the greenest block.

Earlier, Brownstoner pointed towards a Benches for Barack Craigslist ad that offers up handmade benches built from Douglas Fir wood. From the $40 price tag, $25 goes to the cost of building the bench, while $15 is donated to the Obama campaign. Brownstoner's post noted that the twosome behind the benches are "neighborhood kids, 18-year-old high school grads Harry Fishbein and Emma Dillon," and that they work out of Harry's basement in Cobble Hill. The benches, which measure 18 inches tall and 48 inches long, are delivered for free and can even show up at your doorstep in two hours! The bench-builders are also branching out into building wooden trash can containers, garden/picnic tables, and (this one's ambitious) sheds!

Remember the tall mystery bench of '07 that baffled onlookers for at least a day? We thought we got some closure in December when Suckapants unmasked the duo behind it (Brad Downey and Mike Wrobel), but like any good story this one reveals its layers slowly. Here's what went down before the bench went up:

Within the 843 acres of Central Park one will find 9,000 benches, and many of them tell a story (or at least a name). In 1986 the Central Park Conservancy began their Adopt-A-Bench program to raise money for upkeep.