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Henri Lefebvre, The Right to the City — In brief, the right to the city is the right to the production of a city. The labor of a worker is the source of most of the value of a commodity that is expropriated by the owner. The worker, therefore, has a right to benefit from that value denied to them. In the same way, the urban citizen produces and reproduces the city through their own daily actions. However, the the city is expropriated from the urbanite by the rich and the state. The right to the city is therefore the right to appropriate the city by and for those who make and remake it.

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Bay Area guerrilla ‘bench collective’ installs seating at 8 Mission bus stops (missionlocal.org)

submitted 3 days ago by lgsp@feddit.it to c/urbanism@slrpnk.net

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Doesn't sound like much, but waiting for a bus on a bench can make a huge difference.

Guerrilla urbanism is awesome!

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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 26 points 2 days ago

Though two of the benches were quickly removed, users were appreciative.

Benches could provide a brief moment of respite from chronic pain, fatigue, pregnancy, homelessness, etc... They certainly can't allow that! Seriously, fuck the people that decided to remove these.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 37 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

This is the hot thing in Northern California right now. They’re also doing it in Richmond and Sacramento that I know of.

It’s not too hard actually, if anyone is interested in doing it in their city I might be able to share some resources.

[–] the_abecedarian@piefed.social 14 points 3 days ago

Please do!

[–] Butler@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 2 days ago

I'd like to hear more

[–] derek@infosec.pub 3 points 2 days ago

The Charlotte Urbanists in North Carolina have a Benches 4 Bus Stops program that's doing similar work. I can also share info resources for those on the East Coast.

[–] JacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Such a great project!

Sounds like 'installed' might be overselling it a little unfortunately - given that jerks carried them off. There are a few types of epoxy that could help. Pretty sure even JB Weld will stick wood to concrete. And they make some amazing specialist adhesives. It won't stop the city but might delay the NIMBYs for a day or two. (Especially if they're as old as I am and they throw their back out trying to pick it up the first time).

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 8 points 3 days ago

haha that's amazing!

[–] mdd@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago

This was going on in Oakland as well, not sure if it still is.