As we mentioned yesterday, teams of whitewashers clashed with a postering company during the second New York Street Advertising Takeover. The takeover, convened by the Public Ad Campaign, aimed to to take back hundreds of advertising locations that "wild posting" company NPA has placed around the city. more ›

Earlier this month we noticed that the Conor Harrington piece at the corner of 13th and Washington was covered up by an illegal and unpermitted NPA advertising panel. Yesterday the Public Ad Campaign, who targeted the company's billboards during a takeover in April, uncovered the colorful piece of artwork and reclaimed the space... for now. more ›

Over this past weekend Jordan Seiler, who runs the Public Ad Campaign, organized a billboard takeover in New York. Artists and those who just wanted to help came together, many of them as strangers, to create something new where there were once illegal advertisements. Though many of those spots were reclaimed by ads the next day, the project was still successful on some scale. This week he told us about that day, and the overall goal for projects like these. more ›

Over the weekend the Public Ad Campaign organized a massive takeover of some billboard space around Manhattan, where only one whitewashing team was arrested. While the new non-commercial public canvases looked vibrant throughout the day, by the next they were reclaimed by The Man. Luckily it was all well documented. You can check out further images at AnimalNY, Wooster Collective, cronicasbarbaras and Flickr. more ›

Yesterday, the Public Ad Campaign coordinated teams of people to whitewash illegal outdoor street-level billboards in Manhattan. Though many outdoor ads (also known as "wild postings") are illegal, the Department of Buildings also says it has its hands full fighting many instances of illegal billboards—hence the volunteer effort. more ›