guest post by Burstein!
art by Ji Lee, photo by unknown
In a beautifully flawless prank, the Public Ad Campaign refaced over 120 illegal billboards in New York City. The billboards are illegal because the parent company never received permits and there are too many of them for the city to tear them all down. That means they are open game for public art!
photo by unknown
Bravo to all those fine folks in taking citizen action against the plight of illegal billboards. Now, here is a question for you all – are there illegal billboards in the Bay Area? If so where? Mail me at mastermind [at] thoughtpolice [dot] commercial.
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via Urban Prankster
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This is wonderful. Toronto is full of these eyesores and we should get together and dole out some artistic vigilantism of our own.
This article is a little old, but here’s some info on illegal billboards in SF.
http://illegalsigns.ca/2007/09/17/illegal-billboards-in-san-francisco/
This same site (illegalsigns.ca) also has some coverage of illegal billboards in LA and NYC as well, but its primary focus is Toronto.