A piece of history is missing from a downtown park in Springfield, Massachusetts: a nearly 140-year-old bench. Its fate was unclear for a short time, but with officials confirming it’s in storage, advocates are calling for quick action to return and repair it.
The whereabouts of a nearly 137-year-old, pink granite bench were up in the air for a while, after the stone seating was recently removed from Stearns Square.
When exactly that happened isn’t clear, and for a short time last week, it also wasn’t clear where it ended up, either…