Take Notice 7.24.2007 | 3 Comment(s)

A note to the Downtown St. Louis Partnership, your banners promoting "Live, Work, Play downtown" along Memorial drive are worn, windblown and faded. Is that the message you're trying to send about downtown? Gather your thoughts and the replace your worn banners you've put up around downtown...and then actually have your marketing staff check them from time to time.

While I'm on the subject of street pole banners, new "The Hill" banners have sprouted up all over the Hill neighborhood over the past few months. They could have been replaced 3 years ago & I know banners are expensive, but it's nice to see someone noticed a small aesthetic problem in the neighborhood and went ahead and took care of it. The new banners send a message that the neighborhood is alive and well.

By  Urban Review, at 5:13 PM

So true, if the money doesn't exist for new banners at least get rid of tired old ones. No banners is better than worn banners.

By  MattHurst, at 6:04 PM

you know, i've never street pole banners in any other city in my years of travelling. is this a st louis thing, or am i not paying close enough attention out of town

By  Seeing St. Louis, at 6:21 PM

I saw some in Portland last weekend advertising the Belmont neighborhood. What was annoying about the banners is that they were sponsored by a local upscale supermarket.