{"id":1159,"date":"2006-09-20T10:28:50","date_gmt":"2006-09-20T14:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2013-01-21T12:55:25","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T17:55:25","slug":"sao-paulo-mayor-moves-to-ban-billboards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/09\/20\/sao-paulo-mayor-moves-to-ban-billboards\/","title":{"rendered":"Sao Paulo mayor moves to ban billboards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Cross-posted to <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/votes\">Spacing Votes<\/a> &#8212; by David Scrivener<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While doing my evening news round-up I came across an interesting article on the BBC&#8217;s website about a brash move by the mayor of Brazil&#8217;s largest city.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\/media\/images\/42099000\/jpg\/_42099762_brazilads1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mr Kassab [Sao Paulo&#8217;s mayor] has submitted a bill to the Sao Paulo city council that would completely change the urban environment, prohibiting practically all outdoor ads in their present form. &#8220;I know the bill is radical, but it&#8217;s emblematic,&#8221; he says. &#8220;It&#8217;s controversial, but necessary for the city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ordinary Paulistanos are not too keen, fearing that the city&#8217;s grey concrete would look even greyer without the generous splashes of colour provided by advertising.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It would be like New York without Times Square,&#8221; said one. &#8220;No, it would be like eastern Europe before the fall of communism,&#8221; said another.<\/p>\n<p>Others have dismissed the initiative as a publicity stunt by Mr Kassab, but Brazil&#8217;s advertising agencies are worried.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The remainder of the article can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/business\/5355692.stm\">here<\/a>. It goes on to describe billboard advertising as evidence of a strong Brazilian middle class. It is also over running every surface in the city, as well as a bastion of racism towards the country&#8217;s sizable Afro-Brazilian population with its few black models. Doesn&#8217;t sound too different from some common complaints towards Canadian advertisers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cross-posted to Spacing Votes &#8212; by David Scrivener While doing my evening news round-up I came across an interesting article on the BBC&#8217;s website about a brash move by the mayor of Brazil&#8217;s largest city. 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