Monday, January 5, 2015

Marble Bench

Marble bench and fountain, Piazza Grande, Livorno
Our “Benches of Livorno” may not be the seminal work we touted, but it is useful to show you the new benches in Piazza Grande before their installation. Sadly, the new pavement already shows traces of used chewing gum spots, one of the many “plagues” that afflict our city.

See also: Benches of Livorno - A New Piazza Grande? - Works around the Cathedral

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16 comments:

  1. William KendallJanuary 5, 2015 at 12:12 AM

    Such a contrast between the lovely bench and that pavement.

    Here it tends to be cigarette remnants, as opposed to gum.

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  2. RevrunnerJanuary 5, 2015 at 12:23 AM

    Chewing gum. . . arrgh!

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  3. RandyJanuary 5, 2015 at 1:40 AM

    Looks like one heavy bench.

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  4. JackJanuary 5, 2015 at 1:56 AM

    I guess it is the fate of modern life that nothing stays pristine.

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  5. Lois EvensenJanuary 5, 2015 at 5:03 AM

    The bench is gorgeous.

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  6. DinaJanuary 5, 2015 at 8:44 AM

    Nothing says elegance like white marble.
    I hate it when my shoes gets stuck to fresh gum.

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  7. PerthDailyPhotoJanuary 5, 2015 at 11:33 AM

    It's a beautiful bench VP, the chewing gum not so much.. a plague everywhere !

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  8. Luis GomezJanuary 5, 2015 at 4:14 PM

    Very nice bench!

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  9. GunnJanuary 5, 2015 at 4:28 PM

    It is pretty AND probably very very heavy!

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  10. EG CameraGirlJanuary 5, 2015 at 4:32 PM

    The bench seems almost like a table to me...a short one, I guess. People who spit out chewing gum ought to be made to clean it up!

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  11. LowellJanuary 5, 2015 at 4:39 PM

    Looking at the thumbnail I thought it might be a bathtub! It is a lovely bench. And yes, gum is an awful blight - here, too! I hate the stuff!

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  12. BirdmanJanuary 5, 2015 at 4:47 PM

    Ha. Many of us would survive the plagues of gum.

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  13. Stefan JanssonJanuary 5, 2015 at 6:39 PM

    They look very old, bummer about the "tuggummi".

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  14. RedPatJanuary 5, 2015 at 7:26 PM

    Gum is a plague everywhere!

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  15. cieldequimperJanuary 5, 2015 at 8:16 PM

    I think Jack is right...

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  16. UnknownJanuary 7, 2015 at 6:29 PM

    Chewing gum spots can ruin any place. People still have so much to learn.

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