tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708938400103267165.post4116823830898523304..comments2023-12-20T23:30:54.576-05:00Comments on Pittsburgh Pist-Gazette: A Sign By Any Other NameCharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06725494226277483936noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708938400103267165.post-67523300333962007282008-03-05T12:46:00.000-05:002008-03-05T12:46:00.000-05:00the billboard was not an electronic sign, it was i...<I>the billboard was not an electronic sign, it was instead a "glowing device for public enjoyment".</I><BR/><BR/>Wait, What?<BR/><BR/>I'd like to know who would enjoy seeing car, jeweler and Edgar Snyder's mug advertisements (that pose when he points makes me cringe) while driving through downtown. <BR/><BR/>Pat Ford would refer to a fifty-foot Michael Jackson robot rampaging through the city as a "children's special".geeveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18233035339867583327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708938400103267165.post-38056893627790604922008-03-02T20:19:00.000-05:002008-03-02T20:19:00.000-05:00I just got done watching the Harris / Dowd smackdo...I just got done watching the Harris / Dowd smackdown questioning of Ford again.<BR/><BR/>First of all, "electronic signs" or signs with electronic components I think began to come into question when those rotating 3-signs-in-1 thing were introduced; there was an electronic motor spinning the sign faces, but they were not considered an electronic sign. Other than that, that is just our Zoning Administrator being obtuse and consenting to do Lamar Advertising a solid.<BR/><BR/>As to the use of such a large, expensive or whatever "advertising sign" -- I believe that Ford et all in 2003 went out of their way to approve the CAPA sign AS AN ADVERTISING SIGN, only with significant exceptional strings attached, one of which was that it would not be allowed to run any advertising. So although advertising was strictly prohibited, it would still be considered an advertising sign.<BR/><BR/>Why? To provide the advertising industry with a Trojan horse. A one-day temporary permit was authorized by the Mayor to impress incoming 'dignitaries' touring CAPA, a 90-day temporary permit was issued for whatever reason ... and by then, presumably, a comfort level was reached.<BR/><BR/>In the ensuing years, the many prohibitions on that particular advertising sign (one of which was a prohibition against any advertising upon it) conveniently did not make its way into the zoning precedent.<BR/><BR/>What follows is WAY out there speculation on my part:<BR/><BR/>Remember that bizarre moving light-and-dark square with the triangles facing the north shore? Remember looking at that and thinking, "What the hell?" and being filled with a sense of foreboding? You don't suppose that was somehow the beginning of the assemblage of this scheme?Bram Reichbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.com