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City remedies unwelcoming benches following online citizen complaint

August 9, 2019August 9, 2019 Tori Stafford 7 Comments armrests, armrests removed, benches, Breakwater Park, City of Kingston, City Staff, defensive design, design implements, exclusionary design, Gord Edgar Downie Pier, homeless population, Kathryn Vilela, Kingston, Neal Unsworth, Parks and recreation, Robert Kiley, transient population

During her lunch hour, Kingstonian Kathryn Vilela was walking along the beautifully redesigned waterfront at Breakwater Park when something caught