When we tried out the bench prototype at the street furniture unveiling at City Hall in June, it was one of the few items we were pretty much okay with. But because Astral Media can’t do anything right (when it comes to street furniture and billboards, anyway—their other divisions seem to be functioning relatively well), [...]

On Monday morning, Astral Media unveiled prototypes of its new line of “street furniture” at City Hall. On Wednesday, we took a look at the garbage bins. On Thursday, the advertising pillars. Yesterday, the transit shelters. Today, everything else. (Also check out Karen von Hahn’s disparagement of the street furniture in the Globe.) A lot [...]