Restrict billboards to Hollywood Blvd (between La Brea and Gower), and in South Park (in an area bounded by 9th, Flower, Venice, and Cherry). These billboard districts actually already exist, but encompass a larger area; they just need to be smaller. Then tax the billboard districts, and use the funds for arts programs and other community projects, like what's done in Toronto. Then ban the billboards everywhere else and fine the billboard companies after a certain amount of time when the ban is enacted, for each billboard they fail to take down that is outside the signage districts. In turn, well over 90% of the city would be ad-free.
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Originally Posted by BrighamYen
That's why "they" gotta design them well!!! If it's designed well, it won't look bad!  LA has had such horrible design standards for so long it's easy to fall into the idea that whatever "we" do, it'll come out looking bad. lol However, we also need to take a chance again and envision a new part of Downtown LA to look tremendously different. |
Yeah, i'm hoping that this "architectural lighting" ends up being something like what's done with the Empire State Building.
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