East River Barges Added to List of Places Formerly Ad-Free

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It would seem tug boats have enough to do pushing barges up New York’s East River without slamming into one another but Dow seems to think adding gigantic billboards will make it easier for other tug boat captains…and a few thousand New Yorkers…to see the barges. Especially with meaningless ad drivel like “The Human Element is The Element of Change.”

Jim Striebich’s got some comments and a full sized version of the image.

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