There is a proposal for the long-vacant Freda Meats factory on Front Street in Pennsport to become a a mixed-use project with 48 apartments, a ground-floor
parking garage, 4 townhouses and 30,000 sq. ft of commercial space. While the concept of transforming this Pennsport block is supported by neighbors, they are opposed to a part of the project that calls for a 120 foot tall double-sided digital billboard to hover high above the development.
What does a sky-high digital billboard have to do with a mixed-used development? You might not be suprised to learn that Keystone Outdoor Advertising owns the building, making this project not just about fixing this block but about raising a giant double-sided billboard high above I-95 and the surrounding neighborhood!
A bright blinking billboard 12-stories high would be visible from across the city, from Society Hill to Whitman. Join Pennsport neighbors and sign the petition below telling Councilman Squilla not to approve any more billboard blight in Philadelphia!
Geri Hephart
April 25, 2017 at 11:38 amNo sign at all please.