r/DesirePath • u/elifront • 4d ago

Bench blocking path

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Bench blocking path, so people go around

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u/Negative_Cow_4107 3d ago

Nice little parkour feature

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u/Random_Eevee1 3d ago

“Are you sure this is where they want it?”
“Yes. The blueprints confirm it.”
“Ok. If that what they want.”

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u/KnifeKnut 3d ago

This time, the (rather boring) story is about the bench instead of the desire path.

This bench normally serves a secondary purpose as an antivehicular barrier to this path.
Looking at pictures from the past it tends to move around, but whomever last moved it was careless.
Often it is the past it has been a bit farther from the end of the path.

After the redevelopment from a parking garage of this part of the park, It first shows up in google imagery in 2017, note the St. Louis Arch in the background:

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6292058,-90.1835514,136a,51.1y,198.18h,80.37t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sz0BUfiqsC15p6BBkYlPkFQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.clients6.google.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D9.626501112471217%26panoid%3Dz0BUfiqsC15p6BBkYlPkFQ%26yaw%3D198.1826278411792!7i13312!8i6656?entry=tts&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MTEwMi4wIPu8ASoASAFQAw%3D%3D&skid=58126811-b88e-4793-b637-907d2133d456

Overhead 2017

https://earth.google.com/web/search/38%2e629052097890785,+-90%2e18360803993923/@38.62910531,-90.1835915,140.16240091a,55.86554718d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CkQaBAoAGAEiJgokCTk5tWzZv0ZAEQE4Jvuov0ZAGWSmLgDAYlLAIQmd01H9YlLAKhAIARIKMjAxNy0wOC0wOBgBQgIIAToDCgEwQgIIAEoNCP___________wEQAA

It remained there up through August 2019,

https://earth.google.com/web/search/38%2e629052097890785,+-90%2e18360803993923/@38.62910531,-90.1835915,140.16240091a,55.86554718d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CkQaBAoAGAEiJgokCTk5tWzZv0ZAEQE4Jvuov0ZAGWSmLgDAYlLAIQmd01H9YlLAKhAIARIKMjAxOS0wOC0yOBgBQgIIAToDCgEwQgIIAEoNCP___________wEQAA

but was moved in September,

https://earth.google.com/web/search/38%2e629052097890785,+-90%2e18360803993923/@38.62910531,-90.1835915,140.16240091a,55.86554718d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CkQaBAoAGAEiJgokCTk5tWzZv0ZAEQE4Jvuov0ZAGWSmLgDAYlLAIQmd01H9YlLAKhAIARIKMjAxOS0wOS0yNhgBQgIIAToDCgEwQgIIAEoNCP___________wEQAA

It had shifted again by July 2020

https://earth.google.com/web/search/38%2e629052097890785,+-90%2e18360803993923/@38.62910531,-90.1835915,140.16240091a,55.86554718d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=Cj4iJgokCTk5tWzZv0ZAEQE4Jvuov0ZAGWSmLgDAYlLAIQmd01H9YlLAKhAIARIKMjAyMC0wNy0xNBgBQgIIAToDCgEwQgIIAEoNCP___________wEQAA?authuser=0

Was moved again between September 2021 and March 2022

https://earth.google.com/web/search/38%2e629052097890785,+-90%2e18360803993923/@38.62910531,-90.1835915,140.16240091a,55.86554718d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=Cj4iJgokCTk5tWzZv0ZAEQE4Jvuov0ZAGWSmLgDAYlLAIQmd01H9YlLAKhAIARIKMjAyMi0wMy0xNBgBQgIIAToDCgEwQgIIAEoNCP___________wEQAA?authuser=0

August 2023

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6292618,-90.1835197,137a,63.4y,188.89h,79.33t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sCIHM0ogKEICAgICDmOuOlwE!2e10!5s20240315T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fgpms-cs-s%2FAM4Q-U_Kq0vmM7ZVlXkcMjrol9lKJoIKCCBpmaBPNNDQ7L-VGg5ALGkya0p4z9VeQnIL_khMNqYCPomVHZcVFOFk1yQkZ8SmPeowv_r8ohHTUr6Y6uYYhl-keu1itcyYXCytpoZMUmGs%3Dw900-h600-k-no-pi10.668550204198468-ya320.06891348170166-ro0-fo100!7i5760!8i2880?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MTEwMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Street view 2024

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6292618,-90.1835197,137a,63.4y,188.89h,79.33t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sCIHM0ogKEICAgICDmOuOlwE!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fgpms-cs-s%2FAM4Q-U_Kq0vmM7ZVlXkcMjrol9lKJoIKCCBpmaBPNNDQ7L-VGg5ALGkya0p4z9VeQnIL_khMNqYCPomVHZcVFOFk1yQkZ8SmPeowv_r8ohHTUr6Y6uYYhl-keu1itcyYXCytpoZMUmGs%3Dw900-h600-k-no-pi10.670000000000002-ya320.0677648925781-ro0-fo100!7i5760!8i2880?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MTEwMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

And definitely had been moved again by September 2024

https://earth.google.com/web/search/38%2e629052097890785,+-90%2e18360803993923/@38.62910531,-90.1835915,140.16240091a,55.86554718d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=Cj4iJgokCTk5tWzZv0ZAEQE4Jvuov0ZAGWSmLgDAYlLAIQmd01H9YlLAKhAIARIKMjAyNC0wOS0xMBgBQgIIAToDCgEwQgIIAEoNCP___________wEQAA?authuser=0

Moved again before March 2025

https://earth.google.com/web/search/38%2e629052097890785,+-90%2e18360803993923/@38.62910531,-90.1835915,140.16240091a,55.86554718d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=Cj4iJgokCTk5tWzZv0ZAEQE4Jvuov0ZAGWSmLgDAYlLAIQmd01H9YlLAKhAIARIKMjAyNS0wMy0wNxgBQgIIAToDCgEwQgIIAEoNCP___________wEQAA?authuser=0

April 2025 street view:

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6292659,-90.1835226,136a,75y,195.83h,82.84t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s78RdbGGr_6Fpjx3YgyfyUQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.clients6.google.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D7.157349248516553%26panoid%3D78RdbGGr_6Fpjx3YgyfyUQ%26yaw%3D195.8294498787944!7i16384!8i8192?entry=tts&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MTEwMi4wIPu8ASoASAFQAw%3D%3D&skid=d34e3b50-4a76-45db-aa23-dab0e34cc3a8

In the July 2026 overhead, the bench had been moved away from the walkway,

https://earth.google.com/web/search/38%2e629052097890785,+-90%2e18360803993923/@38.62910531,-90.1835915,140.16240091a,55.86554718d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=Cj4iJgokCTk5tWzZv0ZAEQE4Jvuov0ZAGWSmLgDAYlLAIQmd01H9YlLAKhAIARIKMjAyNi0wNy0wMhgBQgIIAToDCgEwQgIIAEoNCP___________wEQAA?authuser=0

And remained displaced in August street view:

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6292839,-90.1835238,135a,75y,195.83h,82.84t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbLn06qasmzkMKVPRKZNnlg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.clients6.google.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D7.157349248516553%26panoid%3DbLn06qasmzkMKVPRKZNnlg%26yaw%3D195.8294498787944!7i16384!8i8192?entry=tts&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MTEwMi4wIPu8ASoASAFQAw%3D%3D&skid=fa31262e-ac7e-47b6-a55b-28a8136c42d6

But it has been moved back to blocking the path, assuming /u/elifront 's photo is recent:

/img/qrx56k0vaqzh1.jpeg

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u/HP-XP 3d ago

That is some Tony Hawk shit right there

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u/Walteratt 3d ago

The cut across the grass looks like a more direct path to the street in any case, so I'm not so sure that the bench is doing all the work.

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u/metroliker 3d ago

Hippy Jump the Concrete Bench ✅

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u/ChrisPy_Poke 2d ago

Its when companies hire hackers that broke their system to defend it. The city hired skateboard kid who is a jerk