Update: Building owner apologizes, sends crew out to wash the ads away.
Way to make an impression with the neighbors: Several disgusted citizens filed 311 complaints today about the gauche way 28 Exeter at Newbury advertised it has flats to rent - by spraying stenciled ads on the sidewalk of the Commonwealth Avenue Mall. The building went up in 1979, so you'd think the owners would know how their ads would be received in the Back Bay.
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Wow. And I thought it was
By anon
Sat, 10/24/2020 - 1:15am
Wow. And I thought it was annoying when buildings along the Common used lights to project images onto the sidewalk.
What’s the maximum penalty for graffiti? How about a zoning violation while we’re at it?
If you walk through life
By J.R. Dobbs
Sat, 10/24/2020 - 7:16am
staring at the ground, you'll miss it.
Besides, it's temporary paint.
And so?
By Bob Leponge
Sat, 10/24/2020 - 4:14pm
The company in question helped themselves, temporarily, to something that wasn't theirs to take.
Someone who, without your permission, takes your car from your driveway, drives it around for the afternoon, and then returns it, should be let off, because the theft was only temporary?
Dude , really ? It’s a Square
By BannedFromTheRoxy
Sat, 10/24/2020 - 8:31pm
Dude , really ? It’s a Square foot of sidewalk.
And how much is a square foot
By anon
Sun, 10/25/2020 - 2:34am
And how much is a square foot worth in the Back Bay?
So?
By Bob Leponge
Sun, 10/25/2020 - 8:44am
So it’s petty theft, not grand theft....
What astounds me here is that a rich landlord has just helped himself to something of yours —- admittedly a very small something, maybe no more loss of value to you than, say, someone walking by your table while you’re eating at a restaurant and taking a swig of your cocktail — and commenters on here are rushing to defend the landlord and saying that the people complaining about it are unreasonable.
If you’re gonna pick sides, why on Earth pick the one that is arguing that corporate interests ought to be allowed to help themselves to public property? What’s in that for you?
A square foot of land on Comm
By anon
Mon, 10/26/2020 - 12:08pm
A square foot of land on Comm Ave is worth way more than $250.
I wonder if it's spray paint,
By brianjdamico
Sat, 10/24/2020 - 7:53am
I wonder if it's spray paint, or if they used spray chalk. The latter at least is not a permanent marking.
It’s definitely spray chalk
By BannedFromTheRoxy
Sat, 10/24/2020 - 9:04am
It’s definitely spray chalk. I hope everyone found their monocles
So graffiti is ok if it only
By anon
Sat, 10/24/2020 - 10:26am
So graffiti is ok if it only lasts until the next rain?
How would this building feel if someone wrote with chalk all over their front entrance?
Playing with chalk in the
By anon
Sat, 10/24/2020 - 1:45pm
Playing with chalk in the park is for children, not for advertising execs and millionaire developers.
Maybe it was children ?
By BannedFromTheRoxy
Sat, 10/24/2020 - 11:55pm
Maybe it was children ?
child labor
By Ben_Quahog
Sun, 10/25/2020 - 11:06am
Yes, maybe the landlords hired children to deface public property
Chalk
By Ted
Sat, 10/24/2020 - 11:45am
Yea it’s chalk
There's a more effective way to advertise
By BostonDog
Sat, 10/24/2020 - 8:24am
Lower prices/rents.
For All You Screaming About How Expensive It Is To Rent......
By John Costello
Sat, 10/24/2020 - 9:29am
Time to renegotiate.
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