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Is Dave Letterman out of retirement and working for a company that owns a billboard in Allston?

By adamg on Mon, 05/23/2022 - 2:19pm

ClearChannel hurls a billboard off the roof

The folks at Gamma Ray Digital on Braintree Street in Allston are getting pretty annoyed at how workers for billboard giant Clear Channel now remove billboard wraps there and hurl them off the roof of a five-story building onto the in-use parking lot below, especially since the building has a working freight elevator.

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You'd think Clear Channel would be especially careful in a city that officially despises billboards.

Neighborhoods: 
Allston
Topics: 
Annoying companies
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Braintree Street
Billboards


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Comments

By Gary C on Mon, 05/23/2022 - 2:47pm.

Because I'm sure it's more fun than riding an elevator.

By Dwight Schrute on Mon, 05/23/2022 - 2:52pm.

There's also this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzalVRe8Dbs

By Refugee on Mon, 05/23/2022 - 3:39pm.

Ban billboards. Problem solved. It's not like there's a need for more advertising.

By anon on Mon, 05/23/2022 - 5:01pm.

…it’s like an assault on the eyeballs when you leave.

By Will LaTulippe on Mon, 05/23/2022 - 7:13pm.

Four states do: Vermont, Maine, Alaska, and Hawaii.

By Gary C on Tue, 05/24/2022 - 10:43am.

I hadn't noticed the lack of billboards in Maine, but I'll have to pay more attention next time.

By Liam on Mon, 05/23/2022 - 3:43pm.

I didn't expect it to look so much like they were dropping a body!

By Tim Mc. on Mon, 05/23/2022 - 10:08pm.

unless they're being negligent about the landing zone.

By Will LaTulippe on Tue, 05/24/2022 - 9:22am.

That usually leads to little red bumps.

By Don't Panic on Tue, 05/24/2022 - 12:13am.

MIT students were dropping things off high rooftops way before David Letterman. Why you ask? FOR SCIENCE!

By noahproblem on Tue, 05/24/2022 - 12:25am.

Will It Float?

By Will LaTulippe on Tue, 05/24/2022 - 4:49pm.

Is It Buoyant?

By JJ3 on Tue, 05/24/2022 - 11:16am.

geeze. I thought the complaint was going to be about litter, but the way it's all bundled up like that? seems really dangerous.