Two benches at the intersection of Haywood and Walnut streets were reversed last week: They’re now back to back instead of facing each other. A city spokesperson says the step was taken when, after investigating complaints of drug dealing and other criminal acts, the police “found that certain people were using the positioning of the benches to view and discreetly communicate police activity to one another.”
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Bench in front of Vanderbilt Apartments removed
The owner of Roman’s deli has removed a bench in front of the Vanderbilt Apartments due, he says, to landlord and customer complaints. The benches — often used by the residents of the building, most of whom are low-income and elderly — were the last sitting space left in the Pack Library area.
