When you’re inclusive but still hate the poor.
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The space reached out to me with some more information about the bench.
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Here are a few more (less ironic) examples of the same sort of exclusionary design from around my neighbourhood. Most of these are deliberate choices by the city.
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Ultimately we need to house the homeless. In the meantime, help!
Taking the bench away won’t make things better. The space is also in need of more benches. The people who run it take donations at springboardperformance.com/containr/.
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The article about this pic was shown in our English test!!!!
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We don't hate the poor. We just prefer to love them from a distance
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Bench at bus stop in front of my building in #NYC. Also designed to deter homeless from laying down.
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I don’t understand
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This colourful bench has bars that make sleeping uncomfortable and impractical for homeless people. It's called hostile architecture.