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urban blight

LA Has 4,000 Illegal Billboards, But City Looks On Helplessly

In 2002, LA banned any new billboards from going up in the city. Since then, an estimated four thousand have been put up by advertising companies who have ignored the law, which obviously the city's billboard inspectors—"a tiny, and some say incredibly inept, group"—have never bothered to enforce. More »

10:18 AM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Chris Walters
7,365 views, 39 comments

Latest by donkeyjote: @TechnoDestructo: Tell me he saved the copper for scrap :D more »

grafitti

King of Jews, King of Brews

He walked on water, He cured the festering and the blind, He turned water into wine. But after a hard day on the cross, even the King of Kings needed a frosty cold one. But two thousand years later, theologians still wrestle with a truly massive question: what would Jesus drink? More »

3:23 PM on Thu Jul 13 2006
By consumerist.com
215 views, 12 comments

billboards

11 Things to Be Learned From Country Billboards

His eyeballs on sabbatical from ocular saturation in the frenzied consumerism of modern day civilization, John over at American Copywriter decided to go on a long, relaxing drive through the barren heartland of America. To daydream while golden fields of wheat oscillated in the summer breeze! Where the only advertisements were the brand marks on the flanks of lowing cows! More »

12:44 PM on Mon Jun 5 2006
By consumerist.com
43 views, Comment

billboards

The Broader Side of Billboards

John January over at American Copywriter posted an amusing series of musings he had while driving across the Midwest and observing the billboards dotting the road. A choice selection: More »

5:18 PM on Thu Jun 1 2006
By popkin
194 views, Comment

advertising

McDonald's Spicy Chicken Gets Hosed

McDonald's pulled a "guerilla" stunt to promote its new spicy chicken sandwich. As shown, a boring billboard was sprayed down with by a fireman with a hose from a fire truck. More »

3:09 PM on Tue Mar 21 2006
By popkin
147 views, 5 comments

billboards

Graffiti Artists Buff The Man's Billboards

Buffing is when graffiti artist's work gets scrubbed over by The Man. Stieg point us to what happens when a street artist buffs The Man back, in this case, a billboard in the Red Hook borough of Brooklyn. The only tools required were a roller, paint and an a roller extension. More »

4:44 PM on Tue Feb 28 2006
By popkin
162 views, 8 comments