Bowery Now Disney

Posted on: April 23rd, 2009 by
Bowery Now Disney

Damn, that was quick! A mere week after going dark, this Bowery billboard is now whoring out to Disney. Sorry, Village Voice, looks like your money is no good in this neighborhood anymore. After all, this is Bowery 2.0, a Disneyfied playground overwrought with trendy boutique hotels, galleries, and bars.

Billboard Fade to Black

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Fade to Black [Bowery Boogie]

  • EV Grieve

    I prefer the plain black billboard.

  • Anonymous

    This is retarded. Even billboards are supposed to have integrity and grit now? The idea of an advertising space “whoring” itself out is pretty comical. Do you prefer starving billboards who do it for the art? Village Voice is near bankrupt, I doubt they have money for billboards. Your blog is a good resource – don’t turn it into a farce.

  • Michele

    FYI — this billboard (erected well over 60 years ago) has been empty, and quite frayed, for at least 6 months.
    although I dislike these advertising structures, there was a stronger concern in this neighborhood – which has seen way too much insane overdevelopment – that this structure would be replaced by many additional light-blocking, non-contextual stories.
    I truly believe the present structure to be the lesser evil.

  • Bowery Boogie

    Michele, you are quite right. It is the lesser of two evils. The last thing the neighborhood needs at this point is “non-contextual” additions and new glass buildings.