{"id":6898,"date":"2017-03-09T21:09:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T04:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6898"},"modified":"2020-07-11T15:20:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T15:20:28","slug":"east-facing-benches-give-park-goers-beautiful-construction-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6898","title":{"rendered":"East Facing Benches Give Park Goers Beautiful Construction View"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bench-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8018\" width=\"256\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bench-1024x768-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bench-1024x768-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bench-1024x768-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As progress continues to be made on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/stapleton-residents-look-forward-to-renaming-aurora-park\/\" target=\"_blank\">26th Ave. Park<\/a>, developers have added benches for riders and walkers to take a load off. The benches are strategically placed along the walkway through <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/26th-ave-park-completed-to-forrest-city%E2%80%99s-satisfaction\/\" target=\"_blank\">what will be the park<\/a>, and the company didn\u2019t spare any detail in their placement. The benches all face due east, to maximize the viewing pleasure of those stopping for a quick rest. \u201cWe originally thought about having the benches face west so people could stare at the lovely mountains,\u201d said Chris Klages, lead developer on the project. \u201cBut, then we thought people are probably sick of staring at those. The real marvel is seeing how our team moves earth and makes this into the great park it was meant to be a decade ago.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Many residents seem confused by design of the benches. \u201cWhy not have them face west?\u201d asked Kim Anderson. \u201cPeople always want to look at the mountains. Plus, during most of the day you would be looking directly into the sun. It doesn\u2019t make a lot of sense.\u201d John Speaker agrees. \u201cI really don\u2019t understand the reasoning behind it,\u201d said Speaker. \u201cWho prefers construction over the mountains?\u201d Klages says the few who do prefer mountains over construction will soon change their minds. \u201cOnce they see the effort going into the project, I think they will change their tunes,\u201d said Klages. \u201cPlus, most people just look at their phones now anyway, so either way, it\u2019s not that big of a deal.\u201d Next time you are walking on 26th Ave, stop, take a rest, and soak in all that wonderful construction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6898","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-144","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8020,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6898\/revisions\/8020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}