Gothamist: LED Ads Are Disrespectful

rion

Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:15:57 -0500

jenny, you took the words right out of my mouth. the LED screens are nothing compared to the tourists smiling and posing in front of the site. And why don't they ban all the crap that they sell down there? the hats, the t-shirts, the mugs, the post-cards and photos... it's in bad, bad taste and utterly disrespectful.

Joseph

Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:07:19 -0500

Yeah, give me a break from LED screens. Using a computer is a choice--having these screens blare at me on the street is NOT a choice. Get rid of 'em.

Helene

Tue, 24 Aug 2004 16:55:04 -0500

Everything looks the same. The streets are beginning to look like the computer screen. People are looking like characters from some games or tv shows. Even all attempts to scream individuality, like tattoos all look the same.

hstencil

Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:28:24 -0500

In May and early June, that particular LED ad on the Cortland Street stop was displaying ads for the Republican National Convention.

jenny

Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:36:09 -0500

if I had to choose between the disrespectful LED screens and all the disrespectful tourists that stand in front of the site smiling for pictures, I would choose the LEDs.

Adam

Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:00:00 -0500

I kinda like the LED signs. They're futuristic and are as dynamic as New York City itself.

Joan

Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:13:54 -0500

I like the no-name movement on the Lower East Side. I look at the blinking screen all day at work--I need a rest from these blinking screens when I am walking down the street.

Chris Rush Cohen

Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:02:21 -0500

They should keep the blinky ads in Times Square and spare the rest of us. Those LED ads are really ugly and annoying, it makes the whole city seem seedy in a Las Vegas way.

Jimmy Legs

Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:36:20 -0500

i'd like to see this on all the LED screens:

S.D.

Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:17:25 -0500

While I think Advertisements around the WTC site (I really don't like calling it "ground zero") is disrespectfull, unless there is a Policy change in the MTA (Ha!) or the City Council passes an ordinance preventing them, this will just happen again. We might need a State level law to stop this...