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You think that salacious Calvin Klein billboard is distracting... how about this new, menacing digital billboard at the corner of Canal and Hudson? NYC the Blog has video of it in action, and declares it to be a "potential mental health hazard" for those living near by (let's not forget what that glowing Kenny Rogers Roasters sign did to Kramer). Then there's the whole problem of temporarily blinding those operating motor vehicles in a pedestrian-heavy city.
The site notes that Celebrity Vision "is the company marketing these. Their website states they only focus their advertising efforts on high traffic areas; specifically major tunnels and bridges."
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Living there has got to suck...
This is an accident (and a huge lawsuit against the city) just waiting to happen
I was walked past there a couple weeks ago and though the same thing. It was giving me Pokemon seizures...
Time to rally project mayhem, but what would you show the world if you could control this thing?
Big freaking deal. Have you ever seen a city in Asia????
I swore that's been there for a while.
there's still lots of ambient lighting to not really blind you.
not much there, used to be the printing distict.
now it's supposedly hipper and called hudson square.
My cell phone can dim itself based on lighting conditions...why can't this billboard? It doesn't need to be on full brightness after dark.
thats been there for years,
if anybody lives right there, and it sure looks like it
a bb gun would have solved that problem.
Doesn't seem legal to me. Here's a link to the DOB's website, which claims there are "no illuminated signs" on the property.
It does, however, reflect a recent complaint filed against it with no inspection as of yet.
Link:
http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/IlluminatedSignsByLocationServlet?requestid=1&allbin=1010319&allborough=1&allblock=594&alllot=112
How about those new LED screens on the side of buses? They illuminate half a block while the bus rolls down the street.
Annoying maybe, but a "menacing" mental health hazard ? A lot of people who live in densely populated areas have distractions outside of their windows. You can always move.
And you're a mental health expert how?
Yes, I thought so. You're just an idiot making a random comment.
Not an expert, but currently I am staring at the flashing billboard outside of my window, while eating tsukune. Mentally, I feel fine, except for the trolls.
Heheh that image in summary view is GOLD Jerry, GOLD!
I am more concerned by any cyclists who may have been inconvenienced by the bright lights. Are there any pictures of cyclists rubbing their eyes? I sure hope not
ha!
Those lit bus ads are also a nuisance. The sign at the Holland Tunnel is ridiculous. Why not turn the whole city into Times Square?