Digital Billboards Become a Bohemian Blasphemy – LA Weekly

A study by the U.S. Green Building Council in Texas found that the yearly carbon consumption fron a single digital billboard is enough to power 13 homes. Beyond excessive power usage, the light pollution these signs emit is so intense that, for instance, one billboard that was erected this year — near Topanga Canyon and Victory boulevards in the San Fernando Valley — can be plainly seen by hikers on Top o’ Topanga’s scenic overlook, four miles away.

Drivers on La Brea Avenue report being mesmerized by three billboards flashing high-intensity images into their faces near Pico, Olympic and Melrose boulevards. Kevin Glynn, a member of the Miracle Mile Residents Association and Mid-City West Neighborhood Council, says, “It’s just a matter of time before somebody is run over by a driver bedazzled by the graphics. They’re really hideous and cheap. Where are the billboard taggers when we need them?”

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