Art Commission approves rehab of 5th Street El station, denies digital displays at SEPTA entrances

Philadelphia has a backbone and because of it they will resist the increasing digital blight blanketing major metropolitan cities across the United States. At this point I am beginning to see Intersection without the rose colored glasses they gave me a few years back when they were looking for community engagement strategies and other ways to ingratiate thier network of digital advertising structures into the NYC landscape. Thank god for Mary Tracy and the rest of the Scenic Philadelphia team. 

VIA: Plan Philly

What we won’t see at SEPTA’s 5th Street/ Independence Hall Station is digital displays on the new entrances. The Art Commission rejected the permanent installation of 42 digital outdoor displays proposed for SEPTA entrances as part of a public-private partnership. More [HERE]