BANKSY GETS THROUGH TO THE COUNCIL
Artist Banksy made a comment on London's policy to rid the streets of traditional telephone boxes without consultation.
Many new phone boxes are run by companies with more expensive tariffs than BT, targetting tourists. What's more, they're ugly as fuck.
Though modernisers will say that the old box wasn't easily accessible for all, rather like the London Routemaster Bus, it seems odd that these design classics have been dumped so readily rather than adapted.
In true Westminster Council style, the work of art was cleared away "because it didn't have planning permission". Sounds a bit picky to us...
For more Banksy, check out www.banksy.co.uk
posted by ENGLISH RANTER at Friday, April 07, 2006
1 Comments:
i am sure i read somewhere recently that these phone companies we putting up phones boxes with out planing permission and getting away with it from the council (after the bunged them a few notes) . So we cant have art on the streets, but its ok to have an eye sore shit box that no one uses... does anyone realy surf the internet while standing in piss and fighting off beggers?!
wish the council was as fast at getting rid of dog shit, dumped cars and crack dens... as they are from 'saving' us from banksys work.
bunch of arse
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