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June 16, 2011
Barclays Signs at P.S. 58 Defaced
Messages condemning rich white people were stuck to schoolyard advertising.
Carroll Gardens Patch
by Georgia Kral
The writing is on the wall.
Apparently, someone doesn't like the Barclays-sponsored signage attached to the P.S. 58 schoolyard.
Pardon Me For Asking noticed that two stickers were affixed to one of the two Barclays signs at the school.
They read, respectively:
"Crazy, Crazy (Rich) White People!"
"When Will It End?"
While the message is a bit unclear -- are the saboteurs condeming Barclays or the school? -- one thing is certain: the signs are now defaced.
Related coverage...
The L Magazine, Barclays Buys Up Naming Rights to Local Playgrounds, Too
A debate among parents has ensued, of course, of which Atlantic Yards Report has a pretty good rundown. The Patch piece sums it up as "Even...Snapple machines in school cafeterias is too much corporate encroachment" vs. "it ain’t even that big of a sign." Any sign is too big of a sign!
Posted by eric at June 16, 2011 12:26 PM