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Just in time for the recession, companies like WindowGain and NeoScape are doing what they can to brighten up those unsightly boarded-up and/or broken-window storefronts. Their mission: turn empty urban windows into digital message displays. “It’s an innovative way to activate empty storefronts with new technology,” Randi Lathrop, who has overseen pilot projects in Boston, tells the Boston Globe. I’ve passed the display at the old Barnes & Noble building; frankly, I couldn’t tell what it was for, but the Globe calls it “propaganda from the city of Boston ... with information from sponsors like the Massachusetts State Lottery and Verizon.” I recall seeing Mayor Tom Menino’s face, but that might have been from a recurring nightmare I have after applying too much hot sauce at nearby Chacarero. And hasn’t Boston had enough problems lately with outdoor lighted displays?
—Posted by David Gianatasio
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February 11, 2008 in Gianatasio | Permalink
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Another "what I saw on my way to work" post. Could you possibly be any more parochial?
Posted by: Dallas Star | Feb 11, 2008 8:55:22 PM
Have you shopped at the pushcarts in Dowtown lately? They are all that's holding the area together until the mess is done. Go suport those lonely soldiers committed to preserving DTX.
Posted by: Slammy | Apr 13, 2008 10:21:27 PM
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