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Artist Kim Beck puts vacant billboard sculptures on High Line Park

By Steve Lambert | Published: April 22, 2011

Interview with the artist Kim Beck, who realized the latest project of the Public Art program of the High Line Park in New York City. The project consists of ;consists of three sculptures that are installed on roofs of buildings close to the High Line. via Lee Walton

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Support Jordan at Public Ad Campaign

By Steve Lambert | Published: September 21, 2010

Jordan Seiler has been fighting hard to make our streets more livable and interesting. I would easily attribute his hard work to the creation of this competition and this substantial change at the New York Department of Buildings – enforcing the removal of illegal advertising on construction sites and placing art there instead. Now we [...]

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On Corporate Graffiti – via Urban Prankster

By Steve Lambert | Published: September 8, 2010

We’ve covered the New York Street Advertising Takeover quite a few times on this site, but we wanted to share this new short documentary by Sarah Berman. It does a great job of telling the story of the project and the positive impact it had on our streets. In related news, the first Toronto Street [...]

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These Are Not Sentences!

By Steve Lambert | Published: February 24, 2010

Remember, it just takes one pen. Send us yours. Seen in a subway station.

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This makes me angry

By Michael Mandiberg | Published: February 1, 2010

This makes me wish I had a big fat marker with me to cover this up in something other than this insidious shit. And i don’t really ever have the impulse to tag. Canal and Broadway. All you Chisel-tippers and KRINKers go after it.

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Who owns & who controls public space?

By Michael Mandiberg | Published: January 16, 2010

Two things happened on my bike today, one which is about advertising and the other isn’t but both are about public space and it’s uses and controls. One: who owns the street sign posts This morning I rode my bike to a not-so-close subway stop because I had to run into Manhattan for a meeting [...]

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NY Street Art Takeover Mini Documentary

By Steve Lambert | Published: December 7, 2009

how did I not see this before?

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Posterchild’s Blade Diary » Something Very Special..

By Steve Lambert | Published: November 30, 2009

From Posterchild’s site: She thought she was just helping me out with another street art project; I kept this covered until after it was installed and after the unveiling I was expecting some kind of reaction- but it took a little while to convince her that this was a proposal for real, and not just [...]

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A Funny Place to Advertise Pizza

By kelli | Published: September 16, 2009

Couldn’t resist…

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Confusing on several levels…

By kelli | Published: September 4, 2009

Welcome Kelli Anderson, our newest latest on the Anti-Advertising Agency site. Kelli worked on the New York Times Special Edition designing ads for Dr. Zizmor among other things. Welcome Kelli! “For sale” realty signs are a familiar sight in post-real-estate-bubble Williamsburg. It was only a matter of time until some super clever ad exec co-opted [...]

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Be-twix and ad and a hard case

By Michael Mandiberg | Published: August 30, 2009

So the question is… is this a twix advertisement? or was it just that cool to paint a Twix logo on the back of your white portable radio in the heyday of 80′s graffiti-cool? Picture via Mariasa Olson’s flickr set IMG_FAN

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PosterChild Tells NPA What He Thinks Of Their Contest Promotions

By Steve Lambert | Published: August 3, 2009

via Public Ad Campaign Yesterday I went out with PosterChild, Jason Eppink, Steve Lambert, and Packard Jennings for lunch. Our talk inevitably surrounded upcoming personal projects, collaborative street actions and the age of the urinals at the Old Town Bar on 18th street. Posterchild was leaving for Toronto that evening and had one last project [...]

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3 ton sign falls onto Broadway, N.Y. (1912)

By Steve Lambert | Published: July 1, 2009

Just found this amazing image while doing some research.  Another reason why the Department of Buildings regulates billboards. Flickr Photo Download: 3 Ton Electric Sign Blown into Brdway, N.Y. (LOC).  Another angle.

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NYT: DoB Removes sign with 103 violation notices

By Steve Lambert | Published: June 1, 2009

From The New York Times City Room blog: For several years — in spite of 103 violation notices issued against it — a three-story, wrap-around billboard has blanketed the lower floors of the 19th-century Cushman Building, 174 Broadway, at Maiden Lane. On Thursday, clearly feeling that its enforcement efforts had been lost on OTR Media [...]

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Subway HD Screens: Round 5

By Steve Lambert | Published: May 18, 2009

Stained Glass Post-Pixelators – Postronimos via Posterchild’s Blade Diary See also Subway HD Screens round 4

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