Bench inset in a decorative brick wall, with projected capping

Millcreek Community Center, Salt Lake County

I have been thinking about how benches can be incorporated into walls for a long time, especially as an opportunity to create sitting spaces at bus stops.

But walls/fences topped with decorative capping can get in the way of comfort if the capping projects into the sitting side of the bench, rather than being laid flush on the top of the wall.

While not an example of places with stone or brick walls on properties abutting bus stops (a typical condition in DC), this is an example of an informally provided bench next to a bus stop.

Informal bench at a Utah Transit Authority bus stop, 2100 East, Salt Lake City.  

(I haven't taken it, but a bus serving this stop goes to Park City.)