Boston Inspectional Services Department (ISD) has deferred one request and approved two others. Media Vision proposal to install a new 10.6’ x 36’ digital billboard at 55-59 Causeway Street was deferred. New construction for a Hostel/Hotel at 234 Friend Street received approval. A basement level extension to the building lot line and construction on a Read More…
In the Thursday mid-morning rain, workers have covered the controversial billboard by a group denying the Armenian Genocide, identified as “Turkic Platform, Istanbul“. In response to community complaints, sign owner Clear Channel Outdoor replaced the “Truth = Peace” sign just one day after it went up. The original billboard referred to the FactCheckArmenia.com website that broadly denies Read More…
Update: The billboard has been taken down. See this updated post. A group identified as the “Turkic Platform, Istanbul” has purchased a large North End billboard along the Greenway as part of a campaign to deny the 1915-1923 genocide of the Armenian people. The controversial exhibition is located just steps away from the Armenian Heritage Park and its Abstract Sculpture honoring Read More…
It was recently asked on this site whether the billboards existing in the North End would be allowed in Beacon Hill? We received an amazingly comprehensive answer from a presumed expert and anti-billboard advocate, Rachel Thurlow of the “Scenic Massachusetts” group. The short answer is “Yes” … they exist in Beacon Hill just as in Read More…
Would such billboard ads be allowed in Beacon Hill? That is the question asked by Adam Castiglioni (@ConciergeBoston) in a recent tweet about the billboard on the corner of Salem and Cross Streets across from the Greenway and the North End Parks. Well, the BRA has banned new billboards in several areas of the city, Read More…
Local artist Nathan Swain took a space formerly used for billboards and transformed it into public art. The space is located on Cambridge Street above the Red Hat in Beacon Hill. The North End resident hand painted the murals with images of a forest of dandelion wishies. They are each 25 feet wide by 37 Read More…
Have you heard the news? In late November Governor Patrick signed off on a plan to make Massachusetts highways look like Times Square. He must have decided that trees, rolling meadows and a granite road cut or two just didn’t send the right message in the souped-up, electronic world we now live in. The Times Read More…
The recent dismantling of a billboard structure along the Greenway is being well-received by those who hate the outdoor advertising platforms. Nearly all of the Greenway billboards were put in place when the Central Artery overhead expressway was still in place. Now that the Greenway parks have replaced the artery, should the billboards remain? One Read More…