Billboards

Banned Billboards A Success in Brazil

Five years after Gilberto Kassab, the mayor of São Paulo, Brazil passed the "Clean City Law", banning all visual pollution around the city, both citizens and businesses are thankful.
28 December 2011 - 9:00am
GOOD Magazine

Billboards Decrease the Value of Nearby Property

A new report focusing on the City of Philadelphia found that there is a statistically significant correlation between real estate value (as measured by sales price) and proximity to billboards.
22 December 2011 - 8:00am
Scenic America

Los Angeles Drafts Pro-Mural Ordinance

Part of the trouble is finding language that will prevent billboards from proliferating, but planners finally have a draft for public review (available in the article).
8 December 2011 - 5:00am
LA Weekly

Zoo Wants Billboards

As Los Angeles works to rein in billboard blight around the city, the Parks and Recreation Dept. comes out with a surprise request for permission to put up more off-site signage.
7 December 2011 - 9:00am
Curbed

Chicago Sells Out: Advertising on Bridges

Critic Blair Kamin speaks out against Mayor Emmanuel's decision to allow advertising on Chicago's iconic bridges to make up a budget shortfall. Kamin calls the move "the uglification of the City Beautiful."
29 November 2011 - 11:00am
The Chicago Tribune

L.A. Suing Billboard Magnate Over Supergraphics

Michael McNeilly of SkyTag covered building sides across Los Angeles with multi-story advertisements, disregarding laws prohibiting them. The city is suing SkyTag for millions in penalties.
19 September 2011 - 1:00pm
The Los Angeles Times

Downtown Stadium Will Be "Sea of Billboards"

Gov. Jerry Brown will soon be asked to sign a bill that would loosen environmental regulations on a downtown L.A. stadium, which would also be smothered in LED billboards.
11 September 2011 - 11:00am
LA Weekly

The Challenge of Digital Video Billboards

Vancouver wrestles with the potent form of advertising and its impact on the public realm.
26 February 2011 - 11:00am
The Dependent Magazine

The Case Against Billboards

Ed McMahon of ULI talks about an article he's writing that will make the argument that billboards and other outdoor advertising deserve to be eliminated.
8 February 2011 - 11:00am
Planning Commissioners Journal

Dallas Considers Electronic Billboards

The city's 10-year ban on construction of new signage is challenged as the local billboard industry asks to replace traditional models with digital technology.
10 October 2010 - 7:00am
The Dallas Morning News

The Bright Lights of Nairobi: Brought to You By Colgate

A private company, working with the City Council of Nairobi, sells advertising space to fund streetlights in the city. Smart public/private partnership, or intrusion of advertising on public spaces?
28 May 2010 - 12:00pm
Next American City

Billboards: Blight, or Right?

Are billboards visual pollution, or valuable information source? Sao Paolo, Brazil banned billboards in the city in 2007 and is an interesting case study.
9 March 2010 - 8:00am
Arkinet

Arrest Made as L.A. Cracks Down on Illegal Billboards

In an unprecedented move, L.A. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich has placed a business owner under arrest for posting an illegal "supergraphic" billboard.
1 March 2010 - 12:00pm
The Los Angeles Times

Virtual Billboards, Courtesy of Google

A patent filed by Google in 2008 illustrates a process where ads could be placed on buildings, marquees and billboards in Google Street View.
12 January 2010 - 2:00pm
ReadWriteWeb

Digital Billboards Leaking Light Into Homes

The glow of digital billboards around Los Angeles is irritating residents, and after a recent court ruling putting a moratorium on new ones, locals are pressuring the city council to remove existing billboards as well.
28 December 2009 - 10:00am
The Los Angeles Times

Tax on Billboards in Toronto

Amidst sweeping new regulations, the Toronto City Council has also added a new tax on billboards that could bring in millions of dollars to city coffers.
21 December 2009 - 10:00am
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Brazilian Billboard Ban Under Pressure

The ban on billboard advertising in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is showing pressure cracks, as continued opposition to the citywide policy has some lawmakers considering a repeal.
10 November 2009 - 9:00am
The Independent

'We Can't Fight Blight With Blight'

That was the message of nonprofit San Francisco Beautiful in their successful campaign to stop Proposition D, which would have created a special sign district in the mid-Market area in hopes of revitalizing it.
9 November 2009 - 8:00am
PreservationNation

Is Bright Right or Blight?

A proposal to create a new outdoor advertising district in San Francisco has some locals anticipating a retail revival, while others dread the possible billboard blight.
16 October 2009 - 10:00am
San Francisco Chronicle

Billboards: Problem, or Solution?

In San Francisco, the mid-Market St. area has struggled for decades with blighted conditions. An area property owner thinks that digital billboards could solve the problem, and has put a proposition on the local ballot to get them built.
1 October 2009 - 8:00am
The San Francisco Chronicle
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