Camouflaged Cell Towers Blend Into NIMBY Cities
16 January 2003 - 9:00am
Cell phones are popular but ugly metal cell towers are not. Cities are requiring that antennas be disguised as trees, rocks, cacti, or church steeples.
The next time you see a picturesque shot of rocks, a flagpole, a church steeple, cacti or trees, consider that there might be more there than meets the eye.Many cities are now insisting that new wireless antennae be disguised as part of the natural or urban landscape. Of course, not everyone loves the camouflaged contraptions.
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Wired, January 14, 2003
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