editor Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Mayor Bill White Joins in Removal of 100th Billboard from Houston NeighborhoodsMayor Bill White today joined neighborhood groups as the 100th billboard was taken down from Houston neighborhoods. This was part of an agreement reached earlier this year between the city and Clear Channel Outdoor to remove more than 800 billboard structures in neighborhoods and scenic districts throughout Houston.After more than two years of negotiations, the City negotiated the agreement, with input from stakeholders and citizen-based groups like the Quality of Life Coalition and Scenic Houston, and passed an ordinance last April to remove the billboard structures by January 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Its all for the best. The older ones tilt precariously at dangerous angles too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
713 To 214 Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 This is great news for Houston. Those billboards are a serious eyesore. They can't take them down soon enough.I wonder what Clear Channel is getting from the City in return for agreeing to take them down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 memebag will be in mourning I assume... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahiki Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 This is great news for Houston. Those billboards are a serious eyesore. They can't take them down soon enough.I wonder what Clear Channel is getting from the City in return for agreeing to take them downIf I remember correctly, Clear Channel gets the right to put an equal number BACK UP in other areas of the city. I'm not kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman2286 Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 When will they ever clear out the north freeway!!?? i have to see that everytime i go to houston unless i use the hardy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBuddy06 Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 When will they ever clear out the north freeway!!?? i have to see that everytime i go to houston unless i use the hardy! More like never. Remember "Federal Law limits the City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelguy_73 Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Anyone notice billboards gone in your areas? I cannot say that I have noticed any near Eastwood...then again, I'm pretty immune to them at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 memebag will be in mourning I assume...Hardly! I'm looking forward to all of them being replaced with flashy shiny giant TV screens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Hardly! I'm looking forward to all of them being replaced with flashy shiny giant TV screens.You just saved me some typing. Thx Meme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 They are putting a new one up right around 59S @ Westwood Technology Center in the SteaKountry shopping center.It's a large one, but as they take down old smaller ones, new ones are popping up along the freeways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Anyone notice billboards gone in your areas? I cannot say that I have noticed any near Eastwood...then again, I'm pretty immune to them at this point.They may as well remove the (former Coca-Cola somewhat former nabe icon) at Telephone/45. Its a dull plain boring matress co advertisement that is just bland and terrible. It was such a sparkling dazzling site to see as you went into downtown from 610/Gulfgate interchange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I haven't noticed any disappearing. What are the scenic areas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 I hope they keep the A&F one on the west loop. Well thats nice Clear Channel, but what about CBS outdoor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHiPs Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 They may as well remove the (former Coca-Cola somewhat former nabe icon) at Telephone/45. Its a dull plain boring matress co advertisement that is just bland and terrible. It was such a sparkling dazzling site to see as you went into downtown from 610/Gulfgate interchange.They should tear down the one's across the street from that...they are literally facing downward...maybe cause it sits up high..but com'on....three billboards in row..wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelguy_73 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I wonder if Ike will actually benefit us in the sense that we will lose some billboards? Doesn't the law state that if a billboard is damaged, that it cannot be replaced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHiPs Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Some billboards, once fallen, can't go back upAfter a certain amount of damage, Houston ordinance says they can't be rebuilt or replacedBy MARY FLOODCopyright 2008 Houston ChronicleSept. 22, 2008, 10:41PMFull story below:http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/eas...s/6016755.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Kind of ironic that Ike took down so many billboards for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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