Does this even make sense? Last I checked both Baker and Marty were making a concerted effort to get that entire area redeveloped (including a new steam plant in w/e is built).
Apparently an electronic billboard aimed at our local Masters of the Universe coming off the Expressway would be so lucrative it would make the sign financially viable for even just two or three years.
As someone who was just in the Seaport District.. and i rarely go. This would be similar to what was done in the Seaport with one of the ventilation buildings for the tunnel, right?
I was like damn that's bright and annoying. (its near the Convention Center)
Why are we trying to distract motorists with advertisements or artwork? They're piloting 3000 pound vehicles within feet of other 3000 pound vehicles traveling at speeds of 30 mph along a windy, complex roadway in the sky. Let's just limit their distractions to their smartphones, makeup, radio, crying rugrats in the back seat, Coolatta, and the cute driver three cars over.
Blank walls attract grafitti. Kids see a blank wall and judge it "boring". Eventually so.e kid will scrawl over it. A mural that commands respect from kids is less likely to get tagged.
That you don't complain about the cost to taxpayers of defending that ballot question from the inevitable First Amendment lawsuit by billboard companies.
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Does this even make sense?
Does this even make sense? Last I checked both Baker and Marty were making a concerted effort to get that entire area redeveloped (including a new steam plant in w/e is built).
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Apparently an electronic billboard aimed at our local Masters of the Universe coming off the Expressway would be so lucrative it would make the sign financially viable for even just two or three years.
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As someone who was just in the Seaport District.. and i rarely go. This would be similar to what was done in the Seaport with one of the ventilation buildings for the tunnel, right?
I was like damn that's bright and annoying. (its near the Convention Center)
A space for temporary murals would be a better idea
We already have a good precedent for that, on the Greenway vent building near Dewey Square.
A blank wall would be even better
Why are we trying to distract motorists with advertisements or artwork? They're piloting 3000 pound vehicles within feet of other 3000 pound vehicles traveling at speeds of 30 mph along a windy, complex roadway in the sky. Let's just limit their distractions to their smartphones, makeup, radio, crying rugrats in the back seat, Coolatta, and the cute driver three cars over.
Blank walls attract grafitti.
Blank walls attract grafitti. Kids see a blank wall and judge it "boring". Eventually so.e kid will scrawl over it. A mural that commands respect from kids is less likely to get tagged.
Would be great to have a law
Would be great to have a law banning all billboards ("off-premise signage"). Only way for that to happen is by ballot question.
Only on the condition ...
That you don't complain about the cost to taxpayers of defending that ballot question from the inevitable First Amendment lawsuit by billboard companies.
Plenty of places ban
Plenty of places ban billboards using zoning or other laws. For example, the entire state of Vermont.