Billboards
Proposal to legalize illegal billboard at 675 Hudson
via GVSHP: GVSHP just found out that tonight Community Board #2′s Landmarks Committee will be hearing a proposal by the owner of 675 Hudson Street to legalize the illegal south-facing billboard on the rooftop of this building. This is one of many billboards in the Meatpacking District which GVSHP and many neighbors have been... »
Billboard & Hotel Gansevoort update
The battle against the illegal billboards at Hotel Gansevoort continues, as reported by Ivy Brown, we are currently looking into the garden of ono at the gansevoort hotel and it’s illeagel entrance on hudson street, (by law all should enter through the restaurant on 13th street). i am a big supporter of protesting the... »
Liquor License Hearing: PM Lounge, the other not-so-great neighbor, applies for license in old Sasha space
PM Lounge doesn’t get much action in these pages, because the complaints about PM Lounge are, well, a little boring. They aren’t false, and they certainly don’t lack serioussness, they’re just unchanging. How do you make news out of that? Case-in-point: In May of ’05, almost exactly two years ago, the emails were flying... »
Billboards – It’s a question of taste
Now that daylight savings is over and I walk home while it is light out, Ipass by this billboard of questionable taste each night. Once the lights go up on Hotel Gansevoort’s monstrous billboards we won’t even be spared during the dark months of winter…. »
Enjoy a swanky dinner to support the battle against the billboards….
The following FANTASTIC nearby restaurants have all agreed to stop accepting reservations from the Hotel Gansevoort as a measure of protest against the horrific 7-story billboards the hotel is hosting. So, thank them with your patronage. Go enjoy a swanky night out and remember that you are doing your part in the battle againt... »
Page 6 – The Billboard Table Wars
According to Page 6, Keith McNally of Pastis, and Joel Michel of 5 Ninth are: “ refusing to take reservations from the the Hotel Gansevoort to protest the towering inn’s gargantuan billboards on Hudson Street. “The hotel benefits from the aesthetic and the character of the Village. Why detract from this by building a... »
Here a board, there a board, everywhere a billboard
Standing on Hudson Street, I photographed 6 visible billboards. 6 BILLBOARDS!!! And that doesn’t count the two new ones at the Hotel. What’s up? Are we Times Square? Aren’t these streets designated historic districts? Please, please, please, I don’t want to be Times Square. Despite everything negative I have ever said about offal (offal:... »
Hotel Gansevoort – Leaving Trash on our street
Ugh, not only are they erecting a hideously ugly billboard, but the billboard base has now taken the space where Hotel Gansevoort used to keep their trash, so now we have to walk by their massive loads of trash heaped on the sidewalk every day. Aren’t there rules about where and how you can... »
Hotel Gansevoort Picket
Join Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation for an informational picket outside the Hotel next Thursday, February 22nd, from noon to 2 pm. E-mail gvshp@gvshp.org if you can make it. »
Call-A-Thon: Hotel Gansevoort
What can you do protest the monstrously inappropriate billboard that Hotel Gansevoort is erecting? Call the Hotel Gansevoort as many times as you can at 212/206-6700 and 877/426-7386 (toll free) to let the hotel know that you are outraged about the billboards on Hudson Street and want them removed. If they try to refer... »
Frustrated by the newest Billboard?
Lots of Government officials and community organizations (like GVSHP) are organized to fight the trashy billboard that threatens to soon over-illuminate our skies, and clash with the historic feel of our neighborhood. Check back here to see what you can do. ****Update: 3/23: City (DOB) agrees that Billboards are in violation of zoning regulations. ... »
