[Leica] Venice

[shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)]

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
>
>