The Art of Bus Stop Benches in San Francisco

The San Francisco Bay Area Bench Collective is an activist group that installs benches at public bus stops. A pretty awesome task, if you think about it. The benches are usually installed with a brown coat of paint, but some of them have been getting more decorative lately. Like this jazzy bench at the corner of Mission and Valencia. Or this cosmic bench on Telegraph in Oakland. Or my favorite new bench at the corner of 18th and Mission. That last piece was created by Noah Peacock. He did the mural on the smoke shop there, and when the bench was added in front, Noah must have decided to work it into the final piece. It looks great. As a note, I didn’t want to bother folks who were waiting for the bus, so I waited until the benches were empty before taking my photos. So imagine these same benches, but with your friends and neighbors using them. The post The Art of Bus Stop Benches in San Francisco appeared first on Doc Pop's Weblog.