Union Square Clock, Solved
Union Square Clock, Solved, originally uploaded by plemeljr
Just to let the record stand, we were right (thanks to a tip from Jared) about the Union Square Clock Mystery, as confirmed by my own reporting and the Gray Lady. This is actually old news - I think Curbed had a similar photo a few weeks ago - which is (like, totally) about 4.5 blog years ago. I had taken the photo above for awhile, but I had lost the memory card.
Just like I thought the banner they put up is both obvious and ugly. Letting viral marketing and word of mouth develop would have created more "buzz" for the Olympics, instead of creating a banner which treats every New Yorker as a dumb bumkin, is typical of the Bloomberg administration.
Have we come to a point in culture where the message has to be so explicit? So obvious? Or Ugly?
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fink says:
I could not agree more. I was a little slow in blogging this as well but here's my two cents:
http://www.finktank3000.com/wordpress/?p=93
Honestly, I don't think NYC is going to get the nod so this is all a ham. After we lose the bid, what do you think will happen to the numbers? Will they go back to being meaningless?
-fink
Posted by: fink at June 3, 2005 9:31 AM #
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