[Summit] Summit Digest, Vol 33, Issue 8
pjaceto at cox.net
pjaceto at cox.net
Wed Dec 12 20:16:47 UTC 2007
I've taken down a few of these. They started showing up a few months ago. They have one version that says taking the sign is against the law. BULL!. I tried to contact them to tell them so but their contact info is not local.
Paul
---- ri2007 at mac.com wrote:
> I'm not sure if this is the way to reply or not but I'll try anyway...
>
> I'm still pretty new to the neighborhood. My partner Chris and I
> moved to 39 Creston Way this past May.
> We moved up from NYC and just love it here. I still work in NYC a
> few days a week but will be up here full time in February.
> I have noticed signs posted around the neighborhood but never knew if
> they were legal or not. I'm not so concerned about the "buy/sell
> houses" signs the ones I've noticed regularly are the ones that say
> "AUCTION" with a big arrow and in the small print coming soon. These
> are the signs that should be taken down immediately. It makes our
> neighborhood look unstable. I would have taken them down myself but
> didn't know if they were legal or not. The sign also says "Do Not
> Remove."
> Next time I see one I plan on removing it and finding a better place
> for the sign... my trash can!
> John L
>
> On Dec 12, 2007, at 1:00 PM, summit-request at sna.providence.ri.us wrote:
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> > Today's Topics:
> >
> > 1. Re: Hess noise and Street spam (Elizabeth Daniels)
> > 2. Re: Summit Digest, Vol 33, Issue 7 (Thomas Nosal)
> >
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> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:34:16 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Elizabeth Daniels <bettdaniels at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Summit] Hess noise and Street spam
> > To: "Jesse C. Polhemus" <rynemonn at yahoo.com>,
> > Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> > Message-ID: <888382.80131.qm at web84013.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> >
> > Thank you to both (all) of you who are removing the
> > flotsam & jetsam from our neighborhood.
> > B. Daniels
> >
> >
> > --- "Jesse C. Polhemus" <rynemonn at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I love it! I have nothing but a semi-seaworthy
> >> umbrella (useful as a crowbar), but it's enough to
> >> let
> >> me tread the sidewalks of Providence like a
> >> poorly-tailored and underfed G.K. Chesterton.
> >> Mencken
> >> said it: "Every normal man must be tempted at times
> >> to
> >> spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and start
> >> slitting throats." Paul, we should have a beer
> >> sometime. Or a Joongjak -- I'm not fussy.
> >>
> >>
> >> - Jesse
> >>
> >> --- pjaceto at cox.net wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> It's good to hear that someone else is taking
> >> the
> >>> time to remove those plastic signs. I have a
> >> folding
> >>> ladder that I can fit into the back of my car that
> >>> extends up to 12 feet. I haven't met a sign that I
> >>> couldn't reach. Summit residents don't realise
> >> that
> >>> we have a sign-free neighborhood (North Main to
> >> Hope
> >>> to the Boulevard) due to the efforts of people
> >> like
> >>> Jesse and myself.
> >>>
> >>> Paul
> >>>
> >>> ---- "Jesse C. Polhemus" <rynemonn at yahoo.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I haven't experienced the Hess noise, but I
> >>> couldn't
> >>>> agree more about the advertising boxes. They're
> >>> no
> >>>> different from the plastic WE BUY HOUSES and
> >>>> AFFORDABLE REMODELING signs that I tear down
> >> from
> >>>> telephone poles on my way home from work. The
> >>>> all-time low was when a local Domino's Pizza was
> >>>> nailing used (!) pizza boxes to the poles. My
> >>> father
> >>>> and I removed several dozen of them and returned
> >>> them
> >>>> to Domino's via their mail slot after the close
> >> of
> >>>> business hours. The "advertising" ceased.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> - Jesse
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:05:33 -0500
> > From: "Thomas Nosal" <thomas.nosal at mail.mcgill.ca>
> > Subject: Re: [Summit] Summit Digest, Vol 33, Issue 7
> > To: <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> > Message-ID:
> >
> > <3D3DD9D9B3AA3049BA8924D227EECE05626067 at EXCHANGE2VS4.campus.mcgill.ca>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >
> >
> > Oh brother, so that's who has been taking down my "I BUY HOUSES"
> > signs and pizza boxes...
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: summit-bounces at sna.providence.ri.us on behalf of summit-
> > request at sna.providence.ri.us
> > Sent: Tue 12/11/2007 1:00 PM
> > To: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> > Subject: Summit Digest, Vol 33, Issue 7
> >
> >
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> > Today's Topics:
> >
> > 1. Who remembers the Cyclodrome? (Jonathan Howard)
> > 2. Re: Hess noise and Street spam (Jesse C. Polhemus)
> > 3. Re: Hess noise and Street spam (pjaceto at cox.net)
> > 4. Re: Hess noise and Street spam (Jesse C. Polhemus)
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:30:40 -0500
> > From: Jonathan Howard <jon at ceffect.com>
> > Subject: [Summit] Who remembers the Cyclodrome?
> > To: SUMMIT <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> > Cc: leah_nahmias at yahoo.com, gayle at ceffect.com
> > Message-ID: <475D93E0.5060705 at ceffect.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> >
> > Leah Nahmias, one of my wife's students at Brown, has asked us to
> > pass on this request for neighborhood memories of the former
> > Cyclodrome which occupied the now-forlorn Shaws Plaza. See Leah's
> > request below.
> >
> > If you know neighborhood elders not on this list, please ask them
> > what they recall. Also, please share your recollections via this
> > list as well as with Leah directly as I'm sure it would be
> > interesting to everyone. If you didn't know that Summit once hosted
> > professional cycling, minor league basketball and National Football
> > League pro football (we coulda had Brady!), check it out at http://
> > www.artinruins.com/arch/?id=historical&pr=cyclodome <http://
> > www.artinruins.com/arch/?id=historical&pr=cyclodome>
> >
> > Thanks! Jon Howard
> >
> >
> > For a graduate course in historic preservation at
> > Brown, I am researching the Cycledrome (Cyclodrome)
> > that used to stand off of North Main Street in
> > Providence, near the Pawtucket line. The structure
> > stood from 1925 to 1937, when it was used as a bicycle
> > track and football stadium for the Providence Steam
> > Roller NFL team. After the team folded in 1932, the
> > track was still used for foot and bike races. It was
> > finally torn down in 1937 to make way for a drive-in
> > movie theater.
> >
> > If anyone knows someone who remembers the Cycledrome
> > and can help describe the structure or the atmosphere
> > of people who used it; or alternatively can remember
> > attending movies at the drive-in theater that replaced
> > it, please contact me: leah_nahmias at yahoo.com.
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan W. Howard
> > Cause & Effect, Inc.
> > Helping nonprofits create community change
> > 178 Ninth Street, Providence, RI 02906
> > 401.331.2272
> > jon at ceffect.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:34:09 -0800 (PST)
> > From: "Jesse C. Polhemus" <rynemonn at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Summit] Hess noise and Street spam
> > To: Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> > Message-ID: <302459.74643.qm at web32705.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> >
> > I haven't experienced the Hess noise, but I couldn't
> > agree more about the advertising boxes. They're no
> > different from the plastic WE BUY HOUSES and
> > AFFORDABLE REMODELING signs that I tear down from
> > telephone poles on my way home from work. The
> > all-time low was when a local Domino's Pizza was
> > nailing used (!) pizza boxes to the poles. My father
> > and I removed several dozen of them and returned them
> > to Domino's via their mail slot after the close of
> > business hours. The "advertising" ceased.
> >
> >
> > - Jesse
> >
> > --- Paul Aceto <pjaceto at cox.net> wrote:
> >
> >> I have two issues to bring to everyone's
> >> attention today.
> >>
> >> I drove past the Hess gas station early this
> >> morning (5 AM) to discover that they are still
> >> playing loud music. I was under the impression that
> >> this issue was already resolved.
> >>
> >> I also noticed that the free advertising boxes
> >> that were removed from the Citzen's Bank corner have
> >> begun to reappear at the Hope/Rochambeau corner. The
> >> green Providence Employment Guide box has been there
> >> for a while but there is a new gaudy yellow Real
> >> Estate Book box right next to it. I contacted both
> >> of these groups via their websites to tell them that
> >> they are breaking the law. If more people contact
> >> them, they may remove the boxes on their own. Here
> >> is the contact info:
> >>
> >> Real Estate Book - Jeffery Wotton (advertising)
> >> 401-447-6609
> >> darriensegal at gmail.com
> >>
> >> Employment Guide
> >> nicole.ivester at employmentguide.com
> >>
> >>
> >> Paul
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 9:36:36 -0500
> > From: <pjaceto at cox.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Summit] Hess noise and Street spam
> > To: Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> > Message-ID: <20071211093636.7CE50.68790.root at eastrmwml04.mgt.cox.net>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
> >
> >
> > It's good to hear that someone else is taking the time to remove
> > those plastic signs. I have a folding ladder that I can fit into
> > the back of my car that extends up to 12 feet. I haven't met a sign
> > that I couldn't reach. Summit residents don't realise that we have
> > a sign-free neighborhood (North Main to Hope to the Boulevard) due
> > to the efforts of people like Jesse and myself.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > ---- "Jesse C. Polhemus" <rynemonn at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> I haven't experienced the Hess noise, but I couldn't
> >> agree more about the advertising boxes. They're no
> >> different from the plastic WE BUY HOUSES and
> >> AFFORDABLE REMODELING signs that I tear down from
> >> telephone poles on my way home from work. The
> >> all-time low was when a local Domino's Pizza was
> >> nailing used (!) pizza boxes to the poles. My father
> >> and I removed several dozen of them and returned them
> >> to Domino's via their mail slot after the close of
> >> business hours. The "advertising" ceased.
> >>
> >>
> >> - Jesse
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 4
> > Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:59:05 -0800 (PST)
> > From: "Jesse C. Polhemus" <rynemonn at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Summit] Hess noise and Street spam
> > To: Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> > Message-ID: <500617.31646.qm at web32703.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> >
> > I love it! I have nothing but a semi-seaworthy
> > umbrella (useful as a crowbar), but it's enough to let
> > me tread the sidewalks of Providence like a
> > poorly-tailored and underfed G.K. Chesterton. Mencken
> > said it: "Every normal man must be tempted at times to
> > spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and start
> > slitting throats." Paul, we should have a beer
> > sometime. Or a Joongjak -- I'm not fussy.
> >
> >
> > - Jesse
> >
> > --- pjaceto at cox.net wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> It's good to hear that someone else is taking the
> >> time to remove those plastic signs. I have a folding
> >> ladder that I can fit into the back of my car that
> >> extends up to 12 feet. I haven't met a sign that I
> >> couldn't reach. Summit residents don't realise that
> >> we have a sign-free neighborhood (North Main to Hope
> >> to the Boulevard) due to the efforts of people like
> >> Jesse and myself.
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
> >> ---- "Jesse C. Polhemus" <rynemonn at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I haven't experienced the Hess noise, but I
> >> couldn't
> >>> agree more about the advertising boxes. They're
> >> no
> >>> different from the plastic WE BUY HOUSES and
> >>> AFFORDABLE REMODELING signs that I tear down from
> >>> telephone poles on my way home from work. The
> >>> all-time low was when a local Domino's Pizza was
> >>> nailing used (!) pizza boxes to the poles. My
> >> father
> >>> and I removed several dozen of them and returned
> >> them
> >>> to Domino's via their mail slot after the close of
> >>> business hours. The "advertising" ceased.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> - Jesse
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Summit mailing list
> >> Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> >>
> > http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/
> > summit_sna.providence.ri.us
> >> SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> > ______________
> > Be a better friend, newshound, and
> > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://
> > mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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