Killing two birds with one stone

Bike rack outside TD Bank location on Cambie Street, Vancouver, BC

Skateboarders are a determined and inventive lot. They will try to ride anything. (I know, I skateboarded for years and we were most creative in finding riding spots.)

But landlords are not keen to have their outdoor spaces overrun by skateboarders. ("Brings the whole tone of the place down.") So surfaces, such as the concrete edge of the planter in the background of the above photo, are often interrupted with metal brackets and bars to make riding impossible.

Of course there is another way around the problem, and that is to add an obstacle in front of the concrete to prevent skateboarders from riding the edge at all.

So, the cyclists are happy, with a place out of the weather to lock up their bikes, the bank patrons don't have to deal with "young punks on skateboards", and the landlord is happy because the skateboarders have to go elsewhere to ride. Everyone's happy, except the skateboarders.

Perhaps they should all pull their accounts from the TD Bank and see what happens?