Great news.
That offensive advertising banner on the wall of the sidewalk garden on President Street and Fifth Avenue has been taken down. As of 6 p.m. on Sunday. Seeing Green wrote in to OTBKB to say:
The banner’s been taken down as I walked by at 6pm today. Wonder how that happened?
Just in the nick of time, I’d say. Seeing Green came up with a great way to obscure the banner without breaking the law. Trained as an engineer, Seeing Green even did a drawing, which I will post as soon as it is scanned.
I suggest the garden put up their own banner strung from 2 10′ poles to obscure the wall. Probably totally legal and no permit needed.
Gowanus Lounge had this report and an email from the company that put up the banner, Rapid Realty.
The real estate agency rapidnyc.com that put up a marketing banner on a wall over a Community Garden on Fifth Avenue at President Street is taking it down. We had the first report yesterday about anger about an “intrusive banner” that was subsequently picked up elsewhere later in the day. We received a long comment from the agency, which we’re posting, because it’s important in the context of how peeved some residents became about the banner, which advertises apartments for rent. The email says:
Look, obviously you guys hate the sign. We get it. It won’t be an issue. We will take it down as soon as possible. Our goal was to post the banner up for branding purposes…not to upset anyone. We do plenty of business in Park Slope. We’ve been a member of the community for a long time.
Now Seeing Green won’t have to make his banner obscuring contraption.