Comments on: *Sighs* (off-topic) http://twopointouch.com/2009/business/sighs-off-topic/ web 2.0, blogs and social media Mon, 30 May 2011 20:58:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Crosbie Fitchhttp://twopointouch.com/2009/business/sighs-off-topic/#comment-13635 Crosbie Fitch Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:04:51 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2009/11/27/sighs-off-topic/#comment-13635 When I too saw that a year ago, I read some blurb somewhere that indicated they were only temporary screens during renovation/repair of the facades behind them, i.e. on the other side one presumes exists scaffolding and umpteen labourers sweating away. You're lucky it's largely a blue sky mural instead of a coke advert. But people will sell tourists' eyeballs if it helps defray the costs of renovation. Until that is, someone works out a way by which tourists can collectively fund renovation (on condition it is advert free). Public funding of public works? Now there's an idea for a business! When I too saw that a year ago, I read some blurb somewhere that indicated they were only temporary screens during renovation/repair of the facades behind them, i.e. on the other side one presumes exists scaffolding and umpteen labourers sweating away.

You’re lucky it’s largely a blue sky mural instead of a coke advert. But people will sell tourists’ eyeballs if it helps defray the costs of renovation.

Until that is, someone works out a way by which tourists can collectively fund renovation (on condition it is advert free).

Public funding of public works? Now there’s an idea for a business!

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