We’ve always known that billboards tarnish the aesthetic beauty of San Francisco, but now we know that they also depress property values. That’s why SFB led the charge to ban new billboards in 2002, and has kept fighting to protect our public spaces (and pocketbooks) from predatory advertising.
Learn more about Urban Planner Jonathan Snyder’s groundbreaking research in Scenic America’s article here, or download the full report.
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2398 Jerrold Ave. installed a new billboard this morning 10/17/12, the huge banner type on the side of the building. CBS billboard. can they be required to remove it asap? more blight for CBS profit is not an investment in keeping SF Beautiful.