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Jamaica Pond Bench

Boston, MA

A professor secretly installed a U-shaped, two-backed bench beside Jamaica Pond as a guerrilla-art prank. Parks officials removed it, reconsidered, and ultimately allowed the strange seat to return, transforming unauthorized furniture into permanent public art.

Filed under roadside oddities: giant objects, odd monuments and things built for no clear reason.

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Source: Atlas Obscura

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