Benches, places to sit

Image by Catherine Wang (who exhibited at Artscape in Baltimore).

If you talk to people from other places who come to visit DC, or if you read blogs by people who are staying in DC for a short period of time, it isn't uncommon for them to remark about how few benches there are, so few places to sit in the city, except for bus shelters, and maybe parks run by the National Park Service.

There is a student art project creating mosaic benches by Arts on the Block, the youth arts and job training program in Montgomery County Maryland. Some have been placed in Silver Spring.

More places to sit in DC would be a good thing for both residents and guests.

St. Petersburg, Florida was known as the "City of Green Benches," for the benches that were widely distributed throughout the city. (Postcard image)