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Bench designs don’t sit well

PORTLAND — After reviewing 17 artists’ ideas for benches along the new Bayside Trail, the Portland Public Art Committee has decided they’re all too, well, bench-like.

“Art should be something you feel passion for,” said committee Chairman Jack Soley. “At the end of the day, we felt most of the entries were simply too pedestrian, and we’re not looking for that. We could buy benches from a catalog if that’s what we were looking for.”