benchmark winner unveiled at merseytravel

By Catherine Jones on Jul 14, 09 10:37 AM

Anyone who visits the Queen Square travel centre from today onwards will see a new addition - a gingerbread-man style bench.
Colin Powell's All Together Now bench is the first of our three winners from the Echo/Open Culture Benchmark competition to be finished and installed.

And Merseytravel, which sponsored the bench, are so pleased with the result they have now said they are likely to order two more to go at Liverpool South Parkway and Paradise Street bus station.
We first talked about running the contest nearly two years ago, and had hoped to have the benches in place during 2008, but as I learned with the Sheppard-Worlock statue appeal, these things always take longer than anticipated.
Anyway, it's rather nice to be able to have something as more of a legacy (an over-used word I know!) of Capital of Culture too.
Special mention must go I feel to two others who worked tirelessly on the project - Christine Wray from the city council and especially Charlotte Corrie from Open Culture who moved heaven and earth to get the bench made.
And there are still two more to come!