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Great Outdoors: Mural lobbyist joins big billboard graphics fray
Although I do think the Blue Moon mural is cool, the actual fact is that it is not public art-it is a billboard disguised as an art project. One can be assured that once this type of commercial 'wallscape' message is permitted and becomes the norm, the billboard companies CBS, Clear Channel, and Lamar will be screaming 'foul' and attempt to overturn the ban on off-site advertising billboards and use these 'art murals' as precedent. Check out downtown Phoenix where they are turning what was a clean and attractive area into a gaudy jungle of cheesy vinyl wallscapes; or check out Brooklyn where they are gentrifying neighborhoods with real wall art containing NO commercial messages (how do they do it without corporate sponsorship?).— May 27, 2013 9:36 a.m.