Notice the new “furniture” in Junction Plaza Park – tables and chairs for sitting outside with food, drink, friends, etc.? We got a tip the other day (thanks!) wondering if it was something “official” or if someone unofficially just set it out. This afternoon, Susan Melrose of the West Seattle Junction Association confirms it was placed there by WSJA – just in time for summer.
Unless someone is bringing them in at night(?), I see a very short lifespan for those metal tables and chairs… Whether stolen for scrap or as someone’s next EBay “sale.” Nice gesture, though…
Does anyone happen to know if the signs posted asking people to clean up after themselves and their pets have had any impact?
LOL! either stolen or broken by drunk people at 2am.
I have no faith in humanity. sorry
Does the use of quotation marks mean it is not “real” furniture, but something “else”? Like it being “official”? Maybe its a “mirage” that will “disappear” when somebody “sits” down in them.
The faith in humanity part comes I’m when people drop the tables and chairs off.
Sure they will disappear,
The gesture though is what’s important.
Guys, the pessimism is a disappointment, I have to say. They’ve been there now at least three days – maybe longer, I can’t remember when we got the first tip. Still there. They might be bolted down for all I know, my photographer isn’t here to ask, I drove by in early evening and couldn’t tell. C’mon, have a little faith in humanity. For everything I’ve been immersed in during 30 years of news, I still do … TR
From the picture it looks like they are cable locked. First thing I thought though too was “Oh really? Their not gonna get stolen?” Let’s hope they can help renew our faith in humanity.. Really though I give them about 2 weeks. lol.
thank you WSJA for putting those there. It looks like there are some chains securing the chairs to the table.
Looking at the photo, the table and chairs appear to be cabled together.
Yes, cabled together and what a great idea! Will make it a point to use them as soon as the sun comes back out–imagine they will make a pretty sweet break/lunch spot for those that work in the nearby bldgs as well. Thanks WSJA!
well, if WSB still does, I will try. You guys really do see/seen alot. Thanks for the perspective.
trying
The “Faith in Humanity” is only as deep as the thickness of the cable. Why cable them if there is so much “faith”?
To all of you complaining of the homeless, and thieves: please stop. Such pessimism is draining your life force, I assure you!
Sorry WSB, but I live two blocks from the park and in 10 years my house has been broken into, my car has been stolen and prowled and have had various garden pots stolen from my walkway. If that furniture isn’t bolted down it will be history sooner than later.
The pessimism, unfortunately, is just the reality of the day and age we are living. Absolutely it was a nice gesture to place them there. But if anyone believes they will not eventually ‘disappear’, they perhaps better crawl out from that rock they’ve been hiding under. Welcome to the society of today.
Ken, I’m not under a rock. Just “glass half full” rather than “half empty” and tend to subscribe to a belief that what you expect is more often than not what you get. And as I said, that is DESPITE having worked as a journalist for more than 30 years, more than 2/3rds of that in TV news, which as any viewer knows is unfortunately dominated by the most horrific stories of the day – TR
Seriously, I don’t get how the takeaway from a news item about a neighborhood assn adding to the park is basically to start a countdown to when it will get stolen. Really?! Let’s say that does happen…will you all be happier for having been proven right while missing the point of the entire blog post? Good grief.
“Welcome to the society of today.”
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So when, tell us, was this magical time when everything was roses? Back when there were regular lynchings and whites only waterfountains? Or maybe when our government was putting Japanese in internment camps? Maybe back when bigotry was so acceptable and commonplace that there were laws written to keep women from voting and brown skinned people from owning property.
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Blame “progress”, stick your head in the sand, whatever, but it’s a pretty silly thing to claim that we don’t live in one of the safest, most comfortable and most accepting societies in all of human history. Sure, maybe the population density was low enough fifty years ago to leave your keys in your sun visor, but there were also whole towns that black people were not allowed to be in after sundown, by law, and under threat of deadly violence. Given the choice, I think I’ll take Today’s Society’s minor property crime over the disenfranchisement of entire groups of the population that was so much more common in the past (which is not to say we are entirely beyond these things; the present unwillingness to provide basic civil rights for homosexuals will forever be the shame of our generation for example).
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