WGBH Headquarter's Mural Goes on Display Tomorrow (Monday Sept, 17)

[WhiskeyRobber]

http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2007/09/16/new_building_reflects_wgbhs_purpose/

At 6:30 tomorrow morning, a huge electronic screen will light up over the Massachusetts Turnpike as the road bends toward Brighton. Photographs of dancers, leaping into the air, will tower over the highway.

It will be the premiere display of WGBH's digital mural, the most striking feature of the public broadcaster's $85 million new headquarters.

The idea of a new home was first raised about five years ago, said WGBH president Henry Becton Jr. The station had occupied 12 different buildings in Allston, some of them leased from Harvard or sitting on Harvard-owned land. But WGBH had outgrown its 1960s-era space and its outmoded technology, Becton said. And Harvard, planning its Allston expansion, wanted its buildings back.

 

[Neggy]

Greaaaat just what our [EDIT]drivers on the pike need is another distraction. Anyone want to start a pool for when it causes the first accident? Five dollar buy in, pick any 15 minute increment of time starting when it lights up. Can Howie tie it in to the death pool?

If any other company tried this they would have been told to pound sand, much as the owners of the TD BankNorth Garden where when they proposed a similar device on the side of their building that would have been aimed right at the southbound side of the LZ-BH bridge.

The feds are really fussy about what those overhead sign boards are allowed to message for a reason, and the Pike has gotten their PP slapped a couple of times for using them inappropriately, but the [EDIT]of Bohston allowed THIS? A freakin big screen TV next to an interstate highway?


[EDIT-profanity]

 

[WLYNWAZNgm]

This reminds me of the time, back in the day, when driving on 128 in Braintree
one could find drivers paying more attention to the 2 drive-in movie screens
(what is now the Logan Express parking lot/depot) than to traffic.

Watch out for that 18-wheeler!

 

[ciao99]

http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2007/09/16/new_building_reflects_wgbhs_purpose/

At 6:30 tomorrow morning, a huge electronic screen will light up over the Massachusetts Turnpike as the road bends toward Brighton. Photographs of dancers, leaping into the air, will tower over the highway.

It will be the premiere display of WGBH's digital mural, the most striking feature of the public broadcaster's $85 million new headquarters.

The idea of a new home was first raised about five years ago, said WGBH president Henry Becton Jr. The station had occupied 12 different buildings in Allston, some of them leased from Harvard or sitting on Harvard-owned land. But WGBH had outgrown its 1960s-era space and its outmoded technology, Becton said. And Harvard, planning its Allston expansion, wanted its buildings back.

It's no more of a distraction than driving with a cell phone.

 

[TSBench]

It's no more of a distraction than driving with a cell phone.

Well, I guess that depends if you can keep your eyes on the road while using a cell phone. If you can't, you probably shouldn't have a driver's license.

Regards,
TSB

 

[ciao99]

It's no more of a distraction than driving with a cell phone.

Well, I guess that depends if you can keep your eyes on the road while using a cell phone. If you can't, you probably shouldn't have a driver's license.

Regards,
TSB

You lose half of your peripheral vision while chatting on the cell while driving. How is a billboard worse than that?

 

[TSBench]

You lose half of your peripheral vision while chatting on the cell while driving.

You do? Your ear must be in a different place than mine.

How is a billboard worse than that?

The question really should be, how is an digital, animated billboard worst than that, and that should be pretty obvious to anyone. Static billboards are designed so that the message can be conveyed in a brief glance. A previous poster's remark on drive-in theatres being visible from the highway is pretty apt. I'm old enough to remember when there was a controversy concerning the film The Killing of Sister George, with a couple of steamy scenes, being a SE Exprerssway safety hazard when shown at the Neponset Drive In.

There is a reason automobile radios have button presets and, nowadays, remote freg scanning and volume controls, why auto DVD systems can't be visible from the front seat, and why you can't program factory auto navigation systems while your car is in motion (at least not in my Explorer.)

Regards,
TSB