<body> Public Ad Campaign: It's Official, The New York Street Advertising Takeover Microsite Is Up
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

It's Official, The New York Street Advertising Takeover Microsite Is Up

Monday morning at approximately 11:00am the final 3 arrested NYSAT participants had their cases dismissed because the NPA employees who called the police on them failed to sign the deposition in order move forward with the case. This is the same thing that happened with all 9 of the arrests associated with the two NYSAT projects and is an indication that NPA is not interested in a legal battle because they know what they are doing is illegal and would rather sweep controversy under the rug. Now that our participants are safe, our lawyers have told us we can finally launch the official NYSAT website.


On this website you will find an immense amount of information regarding the projects including, project documentation, maps, video, press, information on NPA, information on how to identify and report illegal signage, and a description of how you too can create a public intervention of your own.

We would like to thank everyone involved in this project whose participation made it possible to create such a large scale public intervention that not only benefited the participants but the city at large. We have been continually impressed with the level of commitment NYC residents have to their city and their shared public spaces. It is truly an indication of how much people care about the city they live in and the spaces which knit all those private residences, and ourselves together.

Please note that gathering all the information for this site has been a challenge and we admit there might be some things we overlooked in the process. If you were a participant and you have not been credited, would like to remain anonymous, have imagery you would like included or generally have changes, please contact us and we will alter the site immediately. We cannot thank everyone enough for their dedication to this cause and New York City in general.

Sincerely PublicAdCampaign

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5 Comments:

Blogger Melisa Christensen said...

It looks great! I love the project!

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Blogger Unknown said...

yusssss

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Blogger Tod said...

I have been following your blog for a couple of years. I have to say as an activist this is one of the most inspiring projects I've seen in a while. Good to see a social mob making a big impact. Thank you to everyone who took the person risk to work on this project. You should know that you are inspiring people in completely different industries as I work with recycled building materials for housing and functional art. I am happily forwarding this link to a bunch of people.

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Blogger Jordan Seiler said...

fantastic, send me an email and ill put you on our mailer for future fun!

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Blogger Lisa said...

Inspiring!

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