Jeff
05-07-2015, 06:58 AM
What a waste of money, 7th ave a highway, be serious, if it is moving you wont get up over 20 MPH. This is just a complete waste of money and man power, NY has a lot of issues on their highway's but Time Square isn't one of them.
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Times Square -- the "crossroads of the world" -- is beautiful just as it is, thank you.
That's New York City's official response following reports that the city was facing pressure under a federal law to remove its iconic oversized billboards from the site, perhaps best known as the backdrop to the country's New Year's Eve celebrations.
Officials now say the signs aren't going anywhere.
Capital New York (http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2015/05/8567170/federal-act-pressures-city-remove-oversize-times-square-billboards) and CBS2 first reported that a 2012 federal transportation law had ensnared Times Square by declaring that the storied Broadway and 7th Avenue intersection -- and other city streets -- fell under the 1965 Highway Beautification Act, because they were arterial routes to the federal highway system.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/06/lights-out-nyc-reportedly-under-fed-pressure-to-take-down-times-square/?intcmp=latestnews
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Times Square -- the "crossroads of the world" -- is beautiful just as it is, thank you.
That's New York City's official response following reports that the city was facing pressure under a federal law to remove its iconic oversized billboards from the site, perhaps best known as the backdrop to the country's New Year's Eve celebrations.
Officials now say the signs aren't going anywhere.
Capital New York (http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2015/05/8567170/federal-act-pressures-city-remove-oversize-times-square-billboards) and CBS2 first reported that a 2012 federal transportation law had ensnared Times Square by declaring that the storied Broadway and 7th Avenue intersection -- and other city streets -- fell under the 1965 Highway Beautification Act, because they were arterial routes to the federal highway system.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/06/lights-out-nyc-reportedly-under-fed-pressure-to-take-down-times-square/?intcmp=latestnews