A reader sends in the following pic and info:"We just drove by the Wilson L and the ugly Popeye's sign that has blighted this station for years has been removed. I hope that when the storefronts are renovated that Jones Lang & LaSalle put restrictions on what types of signs can be put back up. Hanging signs on the inside of the window would look much better here. I can't wait for the renovation to start!"
"blighted"? I don't see anything at Wilson and Broadway that seems blighted.
ReplyDeleteMaybe more like Dante's "Inferno"?
The corner does remind me of a Hieronymus Bosch painting, and that's not a good thing.
Again, one would think that the area closely surrounding one's Ward Office, would be a shining example of hope. Change has got to come.
so we want businesses, but we don't want them to put a sign up on the business.
ReplyDeleteSeems logical.
I think the point, Otto, is that it's reasonable to say "no" to a sign designed to attract interstate travellors from 1/2 mile away.
ReplyDeleteBradley is right. Businesses can alter their signage to their environment. I went to Downtown Plymouth, MA last month and their Domino's Pizza sign fits the block, and doesn't stick out like a sore thumb. There is no reson why a business can't adapt. One size fits all is NOT written in stone!
ReplyDeleteBradley and daveplomin,
ReplyDeleteWhile I agree that the sign was atrocious and could have fit in better, I think Stark is getting at something a bit deeper. "Blighted" is a loaded word, especially in the context of anything associated with a TIF. Please read the article in the UU post directly before this one as it explains it far better than I can. I think a better term could have been used in the link. Call it an eyesore, an atrocity, or a corporate monstrosity...just don't call it blight.
That "Uptown Station" sign looks very cool! Hope that can be kept/worked in somehow.
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ReplyDeleteLike this- too bad the top had to be removed.
THANK GOD!!!!!!!! I couldn't believe how many people were going in that dump KNOWING they had a good chance of getting food poison. Does anyone have a clue how many times through out the years that place was SHUT DOWN? I started to think the city was on the take....Anyway I'm just happy to see it's ottathere.
ReplyDeleteI love Popeyes!
ReplyDeleteThe decor of that location is just perfect for Potbelly's. Just. absolutely. perfect.
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