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Friday Five: Billboards, Skateboards, and the Occasional Kitten
Friday, May 4, 2012 — One of Growing in Grace International’s billboards in Ontario, Canada. (Aaron Lynett / National Post) International Religious Sect Erects Apocalyptic Billboards The end is nigh — or perhaps just a very different sort of beginning. Members of the international religious sect known as Growing in Grace prophecize that come June 30, […]
Friday Five: Poisoned Trees and Effective Billboards
Friday, April 27, 2012 — One of the billboards posted with Konias’ photo, which eventually led to his arrest. Billboards Aid in the Capture of a Wanted Man Billboards displaying a photograph of 22-year-old Kenneth Konias Jr. were posted by authorities, with instructions to call the FBI with any information – and the billboards worked. […]
Orange You Glad You Can Wear that Neon Sweatband Again?
It’s the best kind of Tic-Tac, the signature shade of Halloween, and now the official color of 2012. Pantone, the reigning authority on color and color systems, has taken a wacky turn with 2012’s color of the year: Tangerine Tango. While 2011’s “honeysuckle” was a demure rose pink, there is nothing bashful about this year’s […]
Brooklyn mural uses signs to remember slain children, call for action
The corner of Butler Street and 3rd Avenue is painted with a startling reminder to drive carefully, with a mural depicting three children killed in car-on-pedestrian accidents. The Brooklyn, New York site is only a block away from the streetcorner where four-year-old James Rice was hit by an oncoming car. James was crossing the street, […]
Crime Watch or Crime Botch? The Legality of Neighborhood Watch Programs in the Trayvon Martin Case
Wednesday, April 11, 2012- The past month has been rife with debate and outrage regarding the shooting of Trayvon Martin, in which a 17-year old boy was killed by self-appointed neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. A hacked digital sign in Detroit, Michigan recently highlighted the persistent tones of racism underlying the case, when it was […]
This Week’s Friday Five: Billboards, Zombies, and Wheelies in the Lincoln Tunnel
Friday, April 6, 2012 — In honor of Distracted Driving Month, we present to you five of the most ridiculous, road-related news items. We begin with a billboard that grows tomatoes. The Red Gold Tomatoes “growing” billboard on I-4 near Orlando. A Fruitful 3-D Billboard with a Cause Throughout the month of April, agricultural company Red […]
Lights Out in the City That Never Sleeps
April 3, 2012 — Times Square and the people who fill it are among the most fundamental sights to be seen in the Big Apple. Amidst the bustle of ticket-hawkers and Naked Cowboy photo opportunists, tourists cluster to stare up at the billboards above Times Square. The gaudy advertisements twinkle around the clock, flashing messages […]