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Corporate Signs In Downtown: Terrific Or Tacky?
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Discussion Started: 06-25-2001, 7:28 AM
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Some of the city's most identifiable landmarks have been corporate signs, such as Clark, Iron City Brewing, Alcoa and Bayer.
Now, some officials want to limit the number of new signs erected.
Do you think corporate signs enhance or damage the city's image?
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Krakus
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07-09-2008, 10:11 PM
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Well, another two years have passed, and yet another iconic Pittsburg skyscraper(the USX Building) as been tranformed into a billboard by another supposedly non-profit health care entity (UPMC, but don't forget Highmark, which will be changing that sign fairly soon). So very sad!
Respectfully, Krakus
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Krakus
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07-05-2006, 4:26 PM
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Always has been, and always will be: tacky, tacky, tacky!!!!!!! One of the most beautiful skylines in the country, and we permit the local corporate hucksters to sully it with a simple and crass commercialism!
This is the first post here in nearly two years... look around people, and you'll note that the situation has only worsened!
Respectfully, Krakus
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angelam10
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07-20-2004, 10:17 PM
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SIGNS, there is so many signs everywhere, sometimes I cannot figure out which way to go half the time! there is a to slow down, the red light, the tree that fell, or the bush that is too long.....how abut we work on more important issues like finding the killers, or cleaning up the city? I think people waste more time worring about things of unimportance rather than things that are really important.
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sethmj3
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04-15-2004, 12:50 AM
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People that call the blatant advertising on the city skyline "signs of vital commerce" or "pride" are either working for the companies involved or completely clueless.
The city has become the extended back wall of the stadiums, plain and simple. A recognizable and once beautiful skyline is now just another place to try to increase brand awareness. There's a whole lot of money to be made in getting corporate marks in the line of view of sports fans (ever been to the former Civic Arena?).
I understand that suburban folks don't care as much about the skyline. They don't have to look at it, aside from speeding in during rush hour. I've lived on a street with a formerly glorious view of the city. Now, I just see excessively huge and ridiculously bright logos. (Why exactly do you need to be able to see the things from the moon?)
Those that suggest that residents that don't like it need to move away are right, sadly. After 35 years in the city, I'll be moving out of the neon glare this summer. I once invested in this view. Now, I can't wait to turn away from it.
Seth pgh, pa
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DBR96
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08-05-2001, 1:26 AM
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Jim Ferlo is a backwards politician. That's all there is to it. Let our companies be PROUD of the grossly-underrated city they call home!
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cabbie
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08-04-2001, 12:25 PM
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Only in Pittsburgh,where I am born and raised and have defended my city from my friends across the country from the usual bad rap of the smokey city and unbreathable air and steel mills can a problem like this arise. We have turned this city around and put it back on the map. It took our sports teams to start the image change when the networks started showing a now traditional shot of the GOLDEN Triangle ,not the RAINBOW Triangle.(Oops, that's another thread..)Companies were surprised of the new city, the way of life and yes the incredible low crime rate.As my name tells you I was once a cabbie and was always hearing things like."I ddn't know they make Clark bars here,that's okay.".." I brought my wife this time cause of the fish at this one restaurant.You know which one driver, the one with the big lobster in front." These same signs we now have in museums or take companies to court not to take them down. I feel great when I see a company wanting to put its' brand on the city and tying it's future with ours. You cannot expect a company to invest in an area and tell them not to be proud of their location. These are corporate logos and patented trade marks,not "Eat At Joe's" and Black Velvet Billboards. You want a city to proud and alive,let its people be proud and alive.
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mtndue1
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08-01-2001, 10:17 AM
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I have friends in other cities that when they see our city they comment, " I did not know 'Insert local business name here', was located there". Pittsburgh is really up and comming. Now the local city leaders will again pass laws so that free enterprise suffers. They should realize to increase revenue and decrease residential taxes, they need the businesses. I am glad I do not live in the city. Now more businesses will go under and the city residents will have to pay higher taxes..
Just remember you elected them...
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fire-c3
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08-01-2001, 9:39 AM
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Tacky when used on the large buildings that make up our beautiful city skyline. I think they are ok on the Stadiums cause 1) they are not on the main skyline and 2) they are not 50-60 stories above everything else glowing like some great big neon bulb. Signs can be ok it they are done properly. I don't think "PNC PARK" sign detracts from anything since it is lower and alot more subtle then the "MELLON" or "FREE MARKETS" signs. Let the City decided but make sure the poeple deciding use TACK themselves not greed.
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4pit
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07-25-2001, 8:00 AM
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Leave it upto our city commission to keep killing our city. Restrictions, restrictions, restrictions....and the commission wonders why people are moving out. Open your eyes, this is the 20th century! We must PROMOTE BUSINESSES in our city not discurage them! If I was a business, it would discurage me from being city-based. Good job city commission, keep up the great work!! I'm sorry, but you should not discourage or restrict the businesses that are keeping our city alive, because you just might force them to leave.
Regards-
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bkm421
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07-02-2001, 2:07 PM
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Whether you are anti-big business or not, the corporate signs are part of a modern urban landscape. When you drive into any major city you will see the names of that cities largest corporations emblazoned across the arenas, stadiums, and skyscrapers. At least in Pittsburgh, these are homegrown businesses and corporations that have been an integral part of its history and development. Without corporate sponsorship, you wouldn't have a stadium. Be glad they are true homegrown companies, brands we have all grown up with, like Iron City and Heinz. Be glad it's those companies, with warm fuzzy connotations of crappy beer, candy bars, and ketchup than some fly-by-night tech-dot-com startup that made billionaires out of 20 year olds and then went belly up in the stock market. Quit complaining and enjoy the the spoils of good business.
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