Comments on: Sao Paulo: A City Without Advertising http://slorker.com/sao-paulo-a-city-without-advertising/ A Technology and Culture Blog Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:54:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ernesto geisel http://slorker.com/sao-paulo-a-city-without-advertising/#comment-943 ernesto geisel Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:26:51 +0000 http://slorker.com/sao-paulo-a-city-without-advertising/#comment-943 it is a vast city of 20 million people (i lived there for 20 years) ... all the outdoor advertising was awful ... during elections it would become even worse ... looked like a sea of garbage ... what size department would you need to approve every single billboard spread over a city like that ... then there are the bribes and the people who want to be clever so they put up what they want ... beter to eliminate it all ... on some major streets they also buried the wires and cables and did away with the telefone poles ... what a huge difference it makes to live in a clean(er) environment!! congratulations paulistas for a brave and proper move. ps: the structures will probably come down after some time as the people get used to not having the visual pollution and drop hope of using the structures again some day it is a vast city of 20 million people (i lived there for 20 years) … all the outdoor advertising was awful … during elections it would become even worse … looked like a sea of garbage … what size department would you need to approve every single billboard spread over a city like that … then there are the bribes and the people who want to be clever so they put up what they want … beter to eliminate it all … on some major streets they also buried the wires and cables and did away with the telefone poles … what a huge difference it makes to live in a clean(er) environment!! congratulations paulistas for a brave and proper move.

ps: the structures will probably come down after some time as the people get used to not having the visual pollution and drop hope of using the structures again some day

]]> By: Ryan http://slorker.com/sao-paulo-a-city-without-advertising/#comment-161 Ryan Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:44:24 +0000 http://slorker.com/sao-paulo-a-city-without-advertising/#comment-161 Isn't it a bit obvious about the Mcdonalds sign? It still has the shape of the golden arch which is a bit of a give-a-way. I'm all for knocking the structures down. If they got the billboards down, they could have dismantled the structures while they were up there. Isn’t it a bit obvious about the Mcdonalds sign?
It still has the shape of the golden arch which is a bit of a give-a-way.
I’m all for knocking the structures down.
If they got the billboards down, they could have dismantled the structures while they were up there.

]]> By: Jillyflower http://slorker.com/sao-paulo-a-city-without-advertising/#comment-28 Jillyflower Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:51:40 +0000 http://slorker.com/sao-paulo-a-city-without-advertising/#comment-28 Interesting concept, but they could take down the structures, which are more of an eyesore without anything on them. If people could use the internet to find these businesses it would be great, but I would guess that not everyone there has access, making it difficult for people to connect with the businesses offering services to them. Where I am from, all signs have to be approved by the city. Maybe that would be a more reasonable alternative. In the meantime - TAKE DOWN THOSE AWFUL STRUCTURES - they are by far worse than the ads that were on them. R.I.P. - Ads once lived here but are now DEAD. Here is the corpse. Enjoy! Interesting concept, but they could take down the structures, which are more of an eyesore without anything on them.

If people could use the internet to find these businesses it would be great, but I would guess that not everyone there has access, making it difficult for people to connect with the businesses offering services to them.

Where I am from, all signs have to be approved by the city. Maybe that would be a more reasonable alternative. In the meantime – TAKE DOWN THOSE AWFUL STRUCTURES – they are by far worse than the ads that were on them.

R.I.P. – Ads once lived here but are now DEAD. Here is the corpse. Enjoy!

]]> By: Sole Yaya http://slorker.com/sao-paulo-a-city-without-advertising/#comment-27 Sole Yaya Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:57:00 +0000 http://slorker.com/sao-paulo-a-city-without-advertising/#comment-27 soy de argentina, y hace un anio que vivo en san pablo, es verdad, ahora que lo advierto,...la vista descansa, de ciertos estimulos impuestos de toda la vida, (kind of like it, also!) e verdade, acho que gosto mais assim...mesmo que as veizes a arquitetura, nao e legal, prefiero ese jeito de limpeza... nice article, nice pics! thanks! S. soy de argentina, y hace un anio que vivo en san pablo, es verdad, ahora que lo advierto,…la vista descansa, de ciertos estimulos impuestos de toda la vida, (kind of like it, also!)

e verdade, acho que gosto mais assim…mesmo que as veizes a arquitetura, nao e legal, prefiero ese jeito de limpeza…

nice article, nice pics! thanks!
S.

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