{"id":1223,"date":"2011-04-25T02:40:48","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T02:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2023-07-14T06:14:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T06:14:21","slug":"guerrilla-bench-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/local\/guerrilla-bench-activism\/","title":{"rendered":"Guerrilla bench activism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/5648005868\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5224\/5648005868_15dd3a6459_m.jpg\" alt=\"Public space\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/5647442675\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5066\/5647442675_aab5b5dce8_m.jpg\" alt=\"Public space\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/5648004410\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5064\/5648004410_27877a74c4_m.jpg\" alt=\"Rose demonstrating the bench\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/5648008800\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5146\/5648008800_41cb379b25_m.jpg\" alt=\"Public space\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently, an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfbg.com\/politics\/2011\/04\/11\/activists-respond-sit-lie-handmade-benches\">anti Sit\/Lie activist created and placed public benches around the city.<\/a> These guerrilla benches are made out of recycled wood pallets, and come with a manifesto wheat-pasted onto a nearby utility pole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interestingly, San Francisco&#8217;s sidewalks once had public benches. But they were removed a decade ago. Why? Well the reasons sound very familiar if you paid attention to the Sit\/Lie arguments: <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.sfgate.com\/2001-04-30\/news\/17595575_1_benches-public-works-department-homeless-people\">homeless people and drug addicts used the benches.<\/a> (I guess the next step will be to remove the sidewalks, since homeless people have been known to use those.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyhow, if you&#8217;d like to use a guerrilla bench, there is one by the abandoned building at 15th and Mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, an anti Sit\/Lie activist created and placed public benches around the city. 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