Philadelphia's City Council is considering a proposal to revitalize the city's East Market Street?by making it more like Times Square with giant digital billboards. The proposal's defenders say the ads will only be allowed on buildings where the owners promise to use the proceeds to improve the interiors and exteriors. Opponents say the ads are "honky-tonk junk." But East Market Street still needs art on the ground and a sex shop-turned-fancy tower if it's really going to make this Times Square thing work. [Archpaper]
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