Comments on: Photos of standpipes with anti-sitting devices http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 14:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-675341 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675341 Thanks for the link to the 2007 gallery of more anti-sit tech! I was looking for this and couldn't find it. Thanks for the link to the 2007 gallery of more anti-sit tech! I was looking for this and couldn’t find it.

]]> By: elsmiley http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674830 elsmiley Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674830 hv sm vry ntrstng phtgrphs. Crtnly mr ntrstng thn ths drvl. Cn b smn's nphw? hv sm vry ntrstng phtgrphs. Crtnly mr ntrstng thn ths drvl. Cn b smn’s nphw?

]]> By: mondojohnson http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674591 mondojohnson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674591 These impediments bear an uncomfortable resemblance to medieval torture devices such as "the Pear of Anguish"... ouch! These impediments bear an uncomfortable resemblance to medieval torture devices such as “the Pear of Anguish”… ouch!

]]> By: jeligula http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674594 jeligula Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674594 This is reminiscent of cities spending millions of dollars rendering architecture unskatable instead of providing a skate park. Place a bench 20 feet away from the standpipe and nobody would sit on the thing. This is reminiscent of cities spending millions of dollars rendering architecture unskatable instead of providing a skate park. Place a bench 20 feet away from the standpipe and nobody would sit on the thing.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-675107 Cowicide Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675107 good call, i also thought i'd seen this on bb before. good call, i also thought i’d seen this on bb before.

]]> By: MrWednesday http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674852 MrWednesday Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674852 Ours, British, that is. Ours, British, that is.

]]> By: Tdawwg http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674597 Tdawwg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674597 I always thought those thingys were to keep loiterers from loitering, and to keep folks from hurting themselves on standpipes and, eek, suing the building managers or owners. I love how one's become a comfy home for someone's discarded Dunkin' Donuts cup: ah, endlessly refashionable New York! I always thought those thingys were to keep loiterers from loitering, and to keep folks from hurting themselves on standpipes and, eek, suing the building managers or owners. I love how one’s become a comfy home for someone’s discarded Dunkin’ Donuts cup: ah, endlessly refashionable New York!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674598 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674598 Mentioned earlier http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/17/antisit_technology_p.html Mentioned earlier http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/17/antisit_technology_p.html

]]> By: yrogerg http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674617 yrogerg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674617 There are a few, yeah. One, if they're anything like hydrant stems, they're surprisingly easy to damage. Two, people have an irksome tendancy to treat them as trash recepticles, and stuffing crap inside sprinkler connections has pretty much exactly the effect on firefighting efforts that one might expect it to. And, third, there's the generalized anti-loitering views, which, yes, certainly include some nasty anti-homeless policies, but come with the added issue that a people <i>also</i> like to use sprinkler connections for drug drops. There are a few, yeah. One, if they’re anything like hydrant stems, they’re surprisingly easy to damage. Two, people have an irksome tendancy to treat them as trash recepticles, and stuffing crap inside sprinkler connections has pretty much exactly the effect on firefighting efforts that one might expect it to. And, third, there’s the generalized anti-loitering views, which, yes, certainly include some nasty anti-homeless policies, but come with the added issue that a people also like to use sprinkler connections for drug drops.

]]> By: ryuthrowsstuff http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674626 ryuthrowsstuff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674626 I'm actually surprised these are all from New York. I've lived in and around the city for my whole life, and I've never noticed a stand pipe decked out like this. They can't be that common and the stand pipe is my favorite place to tie my shoes and they all seem to be just out there. I’m actually surprised these are all from New York. I’ve lived in and around the city for my whole life, and I’ve never noticed a stand pipe decked out like this. They can’t be that common and the stand pipe is my favorite place to tie my shoes and they all seem to be just out there.

]]> By: ill lich http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674634 ill lich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674634 That's art. That’s art.

]]> By: GlenBlank http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674920 GlenBlank Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674920 Anon#30: Hydrants are connections to the water supply. Standpipes are vertical pipes built into a building that save firefighters from having to drag heavy pressurized hoses up multiple flights of stairs. Think of them as "extension pipes" that, when connected to a hydrant or a pump truck, extend supply hydrants up to all the floors of the building. (Some of these are not standpipe connections, but rather, sprinkler-system connections. They're very similar, but they feed built-in overhead sprinklers instead of interior hose connections.) Anon#30:

Hydrants are connections to the water supply. Standpipes are vertical pipes built into a building that save firefighters from having to drag heavy pressurized hoses up multiple flights of stairs.

Think of them as “extension pipes” that, when connected to a hydrant or a pump truck, extend supply hydrants up to all the floors of the building.

(Some of these are not standpipe connections, but rather, sprinkler-system connections. They’re very similar, but they feed built-in overhead sprinklers instead of interior hose connections.)

]]> By: Earle Martin http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674670 Earle Martin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674670 The (unfortunately now defunct) urbanist blog Transfer had a regular feature, The Anti-Sit, highlighting examples of these. <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061224074732/http://www.usemenow.com/web-log/archives/the_antisit/index.html">Here's an archive link to the whole collection.</a> The (unfortunately now defunct) urbanist blog Transfer had a regular feature, The Anti-Sit, highlighting examples of these. Here’s an archive link to the whole collection.

]]> By: oh not anymore http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674425 oh not anymore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674425 too bad the final product had an ad above it. a different sort of oppression. too bad the final product had an ad above it. a different sort of oppression.

]]> By: johnnyaction http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674428 johnnyaction Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674428 New York can be hostile to the homeless and if I was homeless there I would go someplace much warmer. New York can be hostile to the homeless and if I was homeless there I would go someplace much warmer.

]]> By: Woohoo! http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674429 Woohoo! Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674429 The seat was sponsored by a reality firm...It was actually a seat sponsoring a firm reality! The seat was sponsored by a reality firm…It was actually a seat sponsoring a firm reality!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674433 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674433 They don't look restful, but perhaps handy for scratching several kinds of itches. They don’t look restful, but perhaps handy for scratching several kinds of itches.

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674692 Rich Keller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674692 My favorites are the Vernian ones with the fins, especially the brassy-looking thing on the right side and the big red one in the middle. It reminds me of some early Soviet Constructivist design that Tatlin could have come up with. My favorites are the Vernian ones with the fins, especially the brassy-looking thing on the right side and the big red one in the middle. It reminds me of some early Soviet Constructivist design that Tatlin could have come up with.

]]> By: Nezrite http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674438 Nezrite Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674438 I wish I could see them in a little larger format - this is just a pipe tease! I wish I could see them in a little larger format – this is just a pipe tease!

]]> By: efergus3 http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674441 efergus3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674441 Ahhhhh, 'roid removers! Ahhhhh, ‘roid removers!

]]> By: kaiza http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674953 kaiza Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674953 Call me crazy, or oversexed or what-have-you, but is anyone else seeing a pairs of breasts (some with nipple-tassles)? My god Freud would be having a field day with me right now. Call me crazy, or oversexed or what-have-you, but is anyone else seeing a pairs of breasts (some with nipple-tassles)?

My god Freud would be having a field day with me right now.

]]> By: dainel http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674450 dainel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674450 Why is it that they don't want anyone sitting on those pipes. Are people so fat that they would bend? Why is it that they don’t want anyone sitting on those pipes. Are people so fat that they would bend?

]]> By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674706 IronEdithKidd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674706 I've never seen a fire connection that low to the ground. Maybe if they put the connection at 3.5-4 ft, like we do around here, no one would try to sit on them. Too easy? I’ve never seen a fire connection that low to the ground. Maybe if they put the connection at 3.5-4 ft, like we do around here, no one would try to sit on them. Too easy?

]]> By: rrh http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674475 rrh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674475 I am kind of interested in this kind of design, where it's actively trying to prevent certain kinds of usage. Like benches made so they aren't *too* comfortable, or the anti-skateboarding nobs, or speedbumps, or those entrances that will let a pedestrian through but will catch up a bicycle. I am kind of interested in this kind of design, where it’s actively trying to prevent certain kinds of usage. Like benches made so they aren’t *too* comfortable, or the anti-skateboarding nobs, or speedbumps, or those entrances that will let a pedestrian through but will catch up a bicycle.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674481 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674481 ...but none with an anti-shitting device! …but none with an anti-shitting device!

]]> By: neurolux http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-675003 neurolux Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675003 Aren't standpipes less comfortable to sit on than the benches made to feel uncomfortable anyway? I hope they don't do something to the sidewalk to keep people from sitting on it. Aren’t standpipes less comfortable to sit on than the benches made to feel uncomfortable anyway?

I hope they don’t do something to the sidewalk to keep people from sitting on it.

]]> By: Daemon http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674493 Daemon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674493 So, is there a sane reason why sitting on these would be prohibited, or is are they just insane? So, is there a sane reason why sitting on these would be prohibited, or is are they just insane?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674501 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674501 How about sticking them under ground with a brightly colour drain cover over top? That's how all the British ones are - which is the better system? How about sticking them under ground with a brightly colour drain cover over top? That’s how all the British ones are – which is the better system?

]]> By: No223 http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674502 No223 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674502 This makes me think of Posterchild, the Torontonian street artist. http://www.bladediary.com/seating-cap-2/ This makes me think of Posterchild, the Torontonian street artist.

http://www.bladediary.com/seating-cap-2/

]]> By: IamInnocent http://boingboing.net/2009/12/28/photos-of-standpipes.html#comment-674509 IamInnocent Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-674509 I don't know how redundantly sadistic contraptions can be qualified as "creative". There are an infinite number of ways to keep people from sitting that aren't hurtful and that would be more aesthetic and actually creative. I don’t know how redundantly sadistic contraptions can be qualified as “creative”. There are an infinite number of ways to keep people from sitting that aren’t hurtful and that would be more aesthetic and actually creative.

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