Scenic Philadelphia (SCRUB)

11/01/2017

Just wanted to update our supporters on the outcome of this morning's Philadelphia Art Commission review of Intersection's proposal for digital advertising kiosks. Unfortunately, a motion to approve the design of the kiosks was passed. The struggle continues, but we are not giving up! Thank you to all 192 people who sent the letters to the Art Commission!

10/30/2017

Want more info on the unsightly digital advertisement kiosks that may soon call Philadelphia home? Check out last week's write up on the issues surrounding these kiosks.

By Brendan McDevitt, intern The sidewalks of Philadelphia may soon be marred with the addition of hulking advertising kiosks if an advertising company’s proposal is approved by city officials. The Philadelphia Art Commission has given conceptual approval for the kiosks, … Continue reading →

10/30/2017

Speak up for our beautiful city! Join us this Wednesday, November 1st, on the Eighth floor of 1515 Arch Street to voice your opinion on digital advertising kiosks!

By Brendan McDevitt, intern Thank you to all the residents of Philadelphia that wrote to the Art Commission about the advertising kiosks! Your voice plays a vital part of the city’s decision making process. For all people that have not … Continue reading →

03/09/2017

We're excited to share some good news! Here's the story behind the dark digital billboard on the Spring Garden bridge.
http://scenicphiladelphia.org/

03/01/2017

Don't miss our presentation at Design Advocacy Group of Philadelphia tomorrow at 8am at Center / Architecture + Design!

Advertising in the Public Realm: Putting a Price Tag on Philadelphia’s Assets Thursday, March 2nd 8:00 AM Center for Architecture + Design, 1218 Arch Street ​“As the first and only World Heritage City in the U.S., Philadelphia’s unique beauty is … Continue reading →

02/28/2017

Check out the Letter to the Editor written yesterday in opposition to billboards on the Parkway. Let the art commission know that you oppose the proposal also! [email protected]

Billboards would deface Parkway One-hundred years after construction started on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway - Philadelphia's grand boulevard, modeled on Paris' Champs-Élysées - the Art Commission is being asked to approve a design scheme that is more Las Vegas than Parisian: graphic ad...

02/15/2017

Help Stop the PPA’s Push to Put Billboards on Neighborhood Lots
http://scenicphiladelphia.org/?p=3186

On January 4th 2017 a proposal was brought before the Art Commission to erect a new billboard on the Parking Authority parking lot located at 1339 S. 12th Street, one of five billboards PPA plans to erect on its lots … Continue reading →

02/08/2017

Councilmember Jannie Blackwell wants to make you get a letter from your City Councilmember to put a planter in front of your home or business. Sign and share the petition to say no to the Planter Power Grab!

01/13/2017

Houston, the 2017 Superbowl host city, demonstrates how beatification (rather than billboards) can be used as a catalyst for redevelopment, investment, and tourism with its airport corridor project. Since 1980, Houston has prohibited new billboards and reduced existing billboards from more than 10,000 to less than 1,600. Scenic Houston http://scenicphiladelphia.org/?p=3181

Scenic Houston Announces Broadway/Hobby Corridor Redevelopment Project Given the Green Light Written by squidzink, January 12th, 2016 $4.9 million raised to dramatically transform the appearance of this major thoroughfare HOUSTON– January 12, 2016 – Scenic Houston today announced a major plan for en...

01/13/2017

Developer seeking to add a large digital display billboard to his own mixed-used residential development in Pennsport encounters resistance from the community

Billboard mogul Dominick Cipollini wants to replace a blighted meat plant he owns in South Philadelphia's Pennsport neighborhood with a new enclave of apartments, shops, and offices.

01/13/2017

Junk yards in Kensington are much more than a blight problem. They raise serious public health concerns. Somerset Neighbors For Better Living is organizing to report problems to the city, but struggling to find a long-term solution

On Wednesday morning, Shawn Rowe and his wife were crossing East Silver Street in Kensington with their 3-year-old daughter and their newborn in a…

01/06/2017

As PlanPhilly reports, the Art Commission questioned the legality of a billboard proposal for the PPA lot at 1100 Wharton in Passyunk and the accuracy of the renderings, resulting in the current proposal being withdrawn

The Art Commission’s meeting Wednesday began the year with a bang. The contentious proposal to deaccession stained glass bus shelters on Chestnut Street consumed…