Public Ad Campaign Takes Over Illegal Billboards in New York City Streets

by Burstein! on April 27, 2009 · 2 comments

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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!

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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.

More Coverage: Barbara Celis, Wooster Collective, Gothamist, ANIMAL & Urban Prankster

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filed under Advertising, Art, New York City, Pranks

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Imaginarythomas April 28, 2009 at 5:44 am

This is wonderful. Toronto is full of these eyesores and we should get together and dole out some artistic vigilantism of our own.

W April 28, 2009 at 11:41 am

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.

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