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PQ Living reader Francis sent in this photo showing the aftermath of the middle billboard screen fire that took place last Saturday at Gallery Place at the corner of 7th and H Streets NW. We checked this morning and the other two billboard screens are operating but this middle one is still very much out of commission as seen above.
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Maybe these should be taken down because they constitute a fire hazard that could take down the entire building next time.
I think the screens are great, but they need to be of higher quality and resolution. Clearly these are nothing compared to Times Square in both quality and quantity.
I agree with ECW.
The Verizon Center hosts events which often draw people from around the country, such as the Frozen Four, NCAA tournaments, and unfortunately, opposing fans for Georgetown and the Caps.
And for these people, those video boards do make a bit of an impression. An impression that Washington can also be glitzy, and isn’t just monuments and govt buildings.
For that reason, I think the boards are a good thing.
I probably just have a grander vision for the city and like it when people go back home realizing there’s more to the city than they may initially realize.
Having Big screen TV’s attached to a building is “glitzy” and part of a “grander vision”. Come on — 7th street is not Times Square and should not aspire to be a pale imitation of that space. Instead we need things that are in context of the neighborhood. I don’t see anyone bolting video screens to the office buildings around Dupont Circle
We’ll have to agree to disagree.
I think the city needs glitz and maybe we could use a few video boards on office buildings in Dupont Circle.
We’ve settled for being understated for too long.
I kind of think Jack Evans agrees with me which is why protests for this have brushed aside.
Let’s not lose sight of why the video billboards are there: ad money. Raise your hand if you want a gigantic flashing video advertisement outside of your apartment window? no?
This doesn’t have anything to do with times square, glitz (glitz?.. the 1970’s called, btw), or making an impression. It’s about developers wanting to make the most money possible by shoving bigger, brighter and more invasive ads down your throat.
Jack Evans agrees with the developers because of several reasons.. the ads aren’t outside of his window, he’s in bed with developers (hello? he and Herb Miller are next door neighbors) and, in my opinion, he’s too old to understand that billboard advertising is a thing of the past and that younger generations reject this form of glitzy advertising.
If Gallery Place developers wanted to really do something to improve ad revenue, maybe they’d actually pull their political strings to prevent the “preachers” from showing up at the corner of 7th & H St every Friday afternoon and blasting their PA speakers and making everyone scurry away from the area directly underneath their precious billboards.
Good Point gpliving Part of what I hate about the video boards is that they hijack public space to make money for a few by force feeding the rest of us advertising.
And to slightly modify my previous post — Jack Evans is not bolting video screeens to buildings in HIS neighborhood
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Good riddance!