Not a Bright Idea
How long do you think it will be before someone gets beaten with one of these chairs?
The Chicago Park District will debut 100 green metal chairs around Buckingham Fountain Saturday as part of a new pilot program that takes a cue from European cities like Paris and encourages people to socialize in the lakefront park.
But having somewhere to sit comes with a price tag.
The 100 chairs, which were manufactured by the brand Fermob in Paris, cost $54,438 in total, according to a Park District spokesperson. Of that, $24,438 was footed by the city. Lollapalooza, which partnered on the project and will host its 21st festival in Grant Park July 30-Aug. 2, paid the remaining $30,000.
In a statement, the Park District said, “the seating program will transform the space and encourage social gathering.” The movable chairs will be in the park until September, except, the city says, during major events hosted in Grant Park, although it did not specify which events would prompt chair removal.
Unless they're going to fix these chairs in place with rebar and concrete pads, it'll be a few days, tops.
Along with the betting on when someone will get beaten with a chair, how long until the first chair:
- gets tossed in the fountain?
- gets tossed in the lake?
- gets tossed in the river?
Our guesses?
- a couple hours
- a couple days
- a week - because they'd have to carry it somewhere
Whom comes up with this nonsense?
Labels: dumb ideas
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
111 Comments:
Believe me, Chicago is no Paris, and to think chairs will remain in place on that site defies logic on all levels. With all these depraved, mentally ill folks and wildings running around, the mere thought of doing something like this is laughable. Yet more money down the drain.
Those countries in Europe where you can socialize and not get stabbed or beat or robbed are those that are high trust societies. Chicago, and most of Western Europe, are definitely not that.
$544.38 per chair?? What kind of chairs exactly are these? Are they weather-resistant? What connected, "minority" contractor got that deal??
Or the chairs find their way into someone’s backyard.
You just gave mobs 100 weapons.
3 days before they are on sale cheap on Ebay. $500+ per chair? WTF ??
John in Indy
550 bucks a chair! Gots to be Vanecko and company ass holders inc.!
So now they encourage "social gathering".
Or how long still a few get stolen. Cuz you can’t chase for property crimes anymore right?
"Whom comes up with this nonsense?
Of course the only answer is our Democrat loons. They want to encourage social gatherings. Haven't the "social gatherings" caused enough problems there. Look for the new 24hr chair detail to be implemented on a foot post. So if each chair cost $544.38 it won't be long before they disappear. A lot of money. The chair provider will provide a generous donation to the politicians for giving them this contract.
This is nothing. Rogers Park left-wing crazies once collected every discarded, moldy overstuffed couch and chair they could find and set up a sort of "street living room" for bums in the dank, urine-smelling Morse Avenue "L" viaduct.
Another low point in the destruction of the area - along with the Jewel, the health food store, the bookstore being driven out of business.
There was one good thing about it, though -
Friday, March 13, 2009
Health Inspector Shuts Down Heartland Cafe
"Workers can be seen inside the Heartland Cafe frantically cleaning the place. Even behind the socialistic reading material rack..."
Neighborhood graffiti -
"Pookie was here
But now she gone
She kill a Stone
And go on home."
*
Oops. Link for above is -
https://morsehellhole.blogspot.com/2009/03/health-inspector-shuts-down-heartland.html
...and another -
After a patron got food poisoning, a popular gathering spot of socialists and "progressive liberals" shut down for health code violations.
As reported here previously, Michael James also owns a garage in a nearby alley that he has rented out to push cart food vendors. Those vendors sell uninspected, unregulate food from their carts. Food items were stored in the garage without refrigeration. The doors to the garage have gaping holes more than large enough for any rodent to enter through. Hogan and James are politically active in local socialist groups and are both former members of the radical SDS. They are also close political allies of 49th Ward Alderman Joe Moore, who has used the Heartland Cafe for political functions on numerous occasions, including one that flagrantly violated the city's fire codes.
https://rogersparkbench.blogspot.com/2009/03/filthy-heartland-cafe-shut-down-for.html
Great fun at the time, but as everyone can see, the "Long March" and the "Great Leap Forward" forge ahead in uninhabitable blue cities and states "all over this land."
If I had a hammer...
How long until they're stolen for a barbeque or for a kitchen table set? Bet they're all stolen during a teen riot er take over.
Such a waste of money and will destroy the view. Who'd sit on them. Homeless will steal them or sleep on them. Insane idea by insane people
Homeless Camp in 3, 2, 1.
That's $544.38 per chair????
"New pilot program that takes a cue from European cities like Paris..."
Oh, la la.
'At least half of Paris crime is committed by foreigners': Where does Macron's claim come from?
The French president stated in a television interview that 'foreigners, either illegal immigrants or waiting for a residence permit' accounted for more than half of the crime in the capital."
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/article/2022/11/01/at-least-half-of-paris-crime-is-committed-by-foreigners-where-does-macron-s-claim-come-from_6002508_8.html
France migration CHAOS: 77% of rape cases on Paris streets committed by foreigners in 2023 - shock stats reveal
https://www.gbnews.com/news/world/france-migration-rape-cases-paris-foreigners
Police clear out a migrant camp in central Paris. Activists say it’s a pre-Olympics sweep
https://apnews.com/article/paris-migrants-eviction-olympics-754956a0027d0222c52b67692fa44eb3
Illegal immigrant charged with ‘barbaric’ killing, rape of Paris 12-year-old found in box
24-year-old suspect had been ordered to leave France in August before authorities let her back in country
https://www.foxnews.com/world/illegal-immigrant-charged-barbaric-killing-rape-paris-12-year-old-found-box
Who is emulating whom here?
Watch for rubber boats packed with 90 Algerians coming ashore on North Avenue Beach.
Any minute now...
New lawn chairs for my backyard
$544.38 EACH? Mobile chairs? Sounds like a nice addition to the lake house.
$544 per chair seems excessive...
the chairs will be stolen and taken to metal recycling for cash
Don’t forget the scrap metal content, another stupid idea by Brandon and the Democratic crew by the way how much much did it cost us for his huge entourage to go to Rome? What about that police detail which many say rivals the Secret Service protection for the president of the United States and some of his trip trips? How much did they cost? Will any enterprising reporter find out and let us know how many millions that cost us? And Brandon brought how many multimillionaires with them on the taxpayers dollar that could’ve easily paid for the trip just asking.
Progressive democrats
The type of person is a liberal feel good democrat nitwit.
how come all those downtown people get those chairs? what about all those poor, underprivileged yoots in the hood?
$544.00 per chair. Per chair.
In a Jewel shopping cart being sold for scrap at a junkyard
About 15 years ago the park district paid for thousands of 25 pound plates to be put on the bottom of the garbage cans on the lakefront to be affixed to the bottom of the cans(inside of them). To ensure that they wouldn’t get blown into the lake. Nearly every plate was stolen within a week by the hundreds of homeless. They were drinking great for that month and I’m sure the several that get these chairs will be doing the same.
Or stolt for backyard bbq’s
Look for those chairs to start showing up at flea markets in a week.
And how much of that money disappeared as kickbacks?
Look at any outdoor patio of any restaurant in Chicago. They are all cabled and locked together after hours. And even then our locals and drunk assholes find a way to steal them or throw them around. Why would we need free seating that attracts homeless junkies, illegals and Brandon's and BeBee's kids to our downtown parks? You're better off setting up a booth that sells ammo, pepper spray and rape-whistles in Grant Park.
Fermob in Paris, and that ain't Paris, Illinois.
A bit more here: https://www.wbez.org/arts-culture/2026/05/29/chicago-fermob-chairs-buckingham-fountain-grant-park-paris-metal-green-seating
If the local youths don't destroy them, the city workers will make them disapear to ebay quickly.
Much cheaper chairs are available from China. How stupid are these people?
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
Al E
like i always say you can't fix STUPID it's forever teeeee heeeee
$544 each... before you start paying parks employees to move them. Coming soon to a homeless camp near you.
Bwahahahahahaha comparing Chicago to Paris is like comparing hot dogs to prime rib.
Will there be umbrellas or will people sit on these hot metal chairs and burn themselves, then sue the city.
Who’s going to chase the homeless away.
What’s next in the park, archery and Jarts?
$64 and good for 300 pounds! The larger dudes will need two each, so 600 pounds!!!
Such a deal.
https://www.bizchair.com/products/modern-commercial-grade-2-slat-indoor-outdoor-steel-dining-chair-xu-ch-10318?
Someone diverse must have purchased alot of folding chairs to rent to the city, will the city have to pay rent for them when their in the lake?
I bet within a month there is maybe 20 chairs left and only 1/2 usable. You forgot to add stolen on the list as well that’s happening the night they get put up.
If they are metal, the junkers will take them and get a nickel a piece.
Let's not forget our various shopping cart scavengers..
As bad as the idea itself is, why are we buying chairs from France? Can’t we build or make anything here? With the loss of jobs AI is expected to achieve, we need to seriously rethink Globalism. It and our politicians are killing us.
You forgot stolen. A highly desirable centerpiece chair designed in france. 10 will vanish in the first week.
I always love when a dumb liberal wants us to be more like Europe. The USA is a different culture and just does not have the morals and ethics ( wll, at least some of us) of Europe. The inner city bankrupt culture will soon rear its ugly head at the Fountain.
Chairs can be used calm peoples down
https://x.com/Countcristo44/status/2060379147663245723
The ghetto is going to have some better looking chairs on the porches and the homeless encampments will have better places to sit
$540 per chair! Stackable outdoor chairs are $30 at Home Depot.
Paris is a shit hole now too. They let the the third world ruin it. The Muslims ruin everything they live near.
$500 a chair. It's democrats. Chairs actually cost $10. This is how they commit fraud and steal tax dollars.
They will end up stolen or in the bottom the lake just like the divy bikes.
“The trooff is just like a lion.”
St George Floyd’s bro buys a custom-made $45,000 chain honoring him 👀
https://x.com/mymixtapez/status/2059806188884169193
Some entrepreneur will disappear sets of these chairs and put them up for sale on some online marketplace in a little hustle.
Can’t wait for the pic of a piss bum stretched out on these chairs sound asleep with his shopping cart parked next to him. Vive la France!
I believe you are spelling Paris in the old French language, should it now not be spelled پاریس ?
Chairs that float in lake water are expensive.
Why didn’t they just get a few hundred chairs from the empty school classrooms and paint them green?
yep, we give em everything else why not weapons
What about little green tables to put their wine and Brie
Is this a reparations thingy?
Have a seat
https://x.com/Countcristo44/status/2060384574375346288
SCC, add a table to bet on how long it takes a bucket boy drummer to show up and start trying to busk for some coins. Every day when the drummer leaves he will take a chair home with him. They should order two hundred of the chairs for replacements. The city is going to have to deal with peoples Chicago values. Lets put the attrition rate for the chairs at about 3-5 per week.
lol!
I predict a lot of them being stolen. Just a hunch. Maybe they could rent them out Divvy style. Lets call them Divvy chairs. $1.00 per hour plus the additional Vanecko surcharge of $2.00 per rental.
Wonder how much the pawn shops and junk dealers will be offering for said chairs?
If melted down for the iron content, does the green paint burn up or just make a mess? - Asking for a friend.
Kamala for President , of Somalia Says:
Oh, I would like one of those free chairs for my living room, that would be nice for me, as I now have corns and bunyons on my both feet, not just one feet, as you know. A free chair would help out tremendously, and I could sit in it and watch my favorite show, “the View” and also Bugs Bunny, because I like to eat carrots too. Wait, you’re saying the chairs are not free? Well,,,, never mind…
>>>> What’s next in the park, archery and Jarts?
Lawn Sports, the silent killer...
Because no one makes Arrow Spotter.
Looks like the next teen takeover location.
Of course they do..look at what has happened to Europe lately.
Waste of money!
What is wrong with bringing your own lawn chair if you want to hang out in a park?
The city should put out 100 buckets. That would fit the vibe of downtown more.
I read that yesterday and immediately thought, weapons for the non-demonized yutes. Or a little extra for the scrappers. How is the majority of the readers of this blog all came to the same conclusion within seconds of the announcement but no one in city government has an Inkling? That's why we're whatever billion in debt.
LoL coming soon around the fountain
Chairs at Buckingham Fountain, what could possibly go wrong?
WWF on the lakefront here we come.
This is like giving a small child a book of matches.
I'll need one for my porch. Woo. an imported French chair
Bought 4 very comfortable stack chairs for the yard at Menards. 29 bucks each, and my wife’s choice of colors.
When are they putting them out? I need some new yard furniture. Please make sure they wash the urine and feces off on a nighly basis.
Please refrain from demonizing the depraved, mentally ill folks and people. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Plastic milk crates or buckets would have sufficed.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/mother-calls-police-action-after-man-exposes-himself-her-2-year-old-near-buckingham-fountain
Waiting for the lawsuits when someone is injured/beaten by yutes using chairs as weapons. Or someone falls out of a chair, breaks a leg, and sues the city for damages. Chicago isn’t Paris.
Mine hopefully.
Great for Twerking, getting bent over on & Crushing skulls of the fools that never played musical chairs on the block. "She dus fell out" "sure do bleed alot"
^^^ THIS!
lol... watch out or Democrats are going to want to ban assault chairs!
University of Chicago researchers will have a study to put a tracker inside of each chair so they can determine the dispersion rate across the city... $1 million...
In Jersey City metal garbage barrels are secured by lock and chain to what ever is handy.
"'foreigners, either illegal immigrants ....." Gee, does that mean Macron is raaaaacissss??? And "no human is illegal" - hasn't he learned that leftist trope yet?
They’ll make for great dibs!
BUT the friggin retards couldn’t find enough money to pay the WHOLE PENSION REQUIREMENT? But chairs at $500+ per, and a 40 person tally to go see Leo in Roma? Is the brain dead mayor (no capital for him) even a Catholic? Gotta make you say What Da PHUCK!
How much does each chair weigh? What's it worth in scrap? Asking for a friend.
Should've went to Menards!!!
Doesn't France have No Go Zones???!!!
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Adams-PATIO-Stackable-Frame-Stationary-Conversation-Chair-s-with-Solid-Seat/5014516325#no_universal_links
Can save a bunch right here !
Give them something to throw during the next Chicago values on parade teen riot or BLM conflagration.
How soon before one of the chairs is mounted to a divvy bike or set up on the train or homeless encampment on the lakefront.
They should put tracking devices on the chairs and leave them unattended and track where they end up. Like a wildlife study.
The migration habits of the chicago cracker head and hypes.
Make it a live map so we can all watch the chairs on their journey. If they float we can see them drifting to Indiana and Michigan or down the chicago river.
We had a social gathering down there. It was called the taste of chicago and the savages fucking destroyed it.
Knife cuts dude
Laying there naked stroking his junk for the ladies
Ok sure these merit hack lt’s will certainly get plenty of coppers hurt. Lt J Sandoval, once done kissing enough ass won’t know how to make a call and if he does … if he’s sober… will be some reactionary temper tantrum. Never had a hard days work. Hey you lil henchman, what other bitch work are you going to do to keep your spot? Have you ever done real police work? Or just harass recruits left and right?
Gonna look great in the vacant ots with a divvy bike and jewels cart chained to it. Some real Fred Sandford vibe going on
Who'd a thunk Poland would become the land of common sense, prosperity and safety?
And they did it without sacrificing their language, religion and culture.
This will be the new homeless camp
I hope something happens! But of course, the local mainstream media will cover it up for their masters.
Never too late to grift the graft..!
Yes. And don't forget, Detroit is seeing a wave of FIRE HYDRANT thefts...
Not to worry. I’m sure some of those comfy chairs will eventually make their way to the underprivileged toots.
Who got the contract? Or was it never put up for bid.
Plus shipping and Import fees, maybe a tariff. And shipping containers dont come cheap either today.
And milk crates as side tables. Lets keep it classy, and not raggedy.
They paid $50 per chair and pocketed the rest. They don’t care that they’re all getting stolen.
There used to be chairs, benches, and tables in Pritzker Park at State and Van Buren. They were taken over by all sorts of assholes until they were removed. The same will happen here.
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