GVSHP Gets Serious About Illegal Signage at Greenwich and 12th Street

Dear friend,What is amazing to me is that a single sign like this can cause such outrage because of its high profile nature while an entire company like Contest Promotions or NPA can go completely unaffected, operating over 500 illegal signs around the city of which I have mapped over 180. Not only have we mapped these locations but we have given them to the GVSHP and the DOB. On top of this we have gathered in mass on two occasions to take back these spaces for public use and 9 of us have been arrested. The result of all this has been a resounding quiet to say the least, although we have had a lot of fun.
I wanted to let you know that we have just been informed that the Department of Buildings today issued 13 violations to Equinox for their billboards at Greenwich Avenue and 12th Street. The Landmarks Preservation Commission has also issued them a warning letter, which can be found at PDF.
As you know, we have been pushing the city to issue strong violations against Equinox as soon as possible, to force them to remove the signage. We will continue to push both the city and Equinox until the illegal signage is removed.
Toward that end, please see the article about these efforts in today's Villager newspaper and look for a report on tonight's NY1 news.
Thank you for all your help with this matter. We will continue to keep you informed on our progress in pursuing these billboards' removal.

Labels: billboards, community, GVSHP, illegal advertising, New York, public advertising, reader submissions
1 Comments:
All those faces wild-postering at us from the walls of NYC - they do have an impact on us. We might think we're sophisticated enough, as practising ironists, tough New Yorkers, people of the modern world - but like M Bloomberg's face electronically wallpapering our town for nine months - this strange built environment impacts us psychically. It wears us out. it de-politicizes us. It narrows the forms of love we express, in bed and on the street. It's the Demon Monoculture!
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