Librado Romero/The New York Times
Benches along the Broadway malls are being torn up to make way for redesigned seating to the dismay of some residents.
ONE way to pass a long summer afternoon would be to stroll the length of Broadway from 60th to 168th Streets, and note that the wood and iron benches on the center malls all look pretty much the same. Modeled on the bench designed for the 1939 World’s Fair, they are sturdy, stately and, unless one objects to the slight flourish of circular armrests, generally unobjectionable.
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Posted on August 29, 2008 by narmer