Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They certainly work, though. Does anyone remember the large sign in Dealey Plaza at the time of the Kennedy assassination? Jeffery On Oct 3, 2010, at 7:24 PM, Rei Shinozuka wrote: > Having grown up in NYC and worked there, I simply loathe large > advertisements. From the article I had the impression that the ads were > put on scaffolding used in the repair of the structures. The ads are > unsightly all right, but presumably not much worse than the base > scaffolding and presumably only up for the duration of the repair work. > Perhaps there could be a compromise where the ads could be in monochrome > so as to be less visually jarring. As Jim notes, if the other choices to > fund renovation are higher taxes for residents or visitors, or simply > neglect of the structures, this solution might not be so bad. > > -rei > > > On 10/03/2010 08:12 PM, Jim Shulman wrote: >> Uh...money? That usually has something to do with it. >> >> Jim Shulman >> (who understands that the competing needs of municipal budgets and >> aesthetic >> preservation put us all in a venetian bind.) >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >> Tina >> Manley >> Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 8:05 PM >> To: lug >> Subject: [Leica] Venice >> >> LUG: >> >> This is absolutely awful: >> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/03/venice-violated-billboards-norma >> n-foster >> >> How have we gotten to this state? >> >> (Maybe this should be on LugForum, but it does involve photography as >> advertising.) >> >> Tina >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information