In a message dated 12/5/00 11:54:41 AM Central Standard Time,
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<< could eventually result in as many as 500 meters adorned with ads. >>

There area a lot of meter poles in NYC. If they are only talking 500 meter
poles then nobody will ever notice them. I'm in favor of turning up the
volume on visual pollution in several areas of the urban environment. Why
have an urban environment if you are not going to max out the sensory
stimulation?  Rather than banning the advertising outright, why not look to
regulating the action by district? One could even go so far as to stipulate
that in historic districts the meter poles advertise historic stuff.

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