Battle Over Lowell Street Billboard Back in Court
The entertainment company that erected the billboard says it would cost $200,000-$250,000 to relocate the pole behind the building where the city wants it.
Rather than just take the 92-foot pole down and move it, Total Outdoor Corp. is taking the city back to court on that new billboard towering over Lowell Street. City Solicitor Michael Smerczynski said the company's response to the cease and desist order from the city last month was there was a mix-up in the version of plans filed in court and the company is unwilling to spend the $200,000-$250,000 necessary to relocate the pole behind the building at 532 Lowell St. Smerczynski said a second stop work order has actually been issued because the pole is still 6 feet off from the other plans that do show it attached to the side of the building. Those plans were part of the special permit application the City Council originally denied last May…
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Calvin
10:37 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
I have signed the petition in fact, I was one of the first ones who did. We now have a Subway store, yay...NOT. More traffic comes to Lowell St, just what we want. I also see that a piece of land is for sale now next to Subway and the monstrous billboard. Whats next, a Walgreens? more ›