Eight Sheets
New: With the
help of L&I's enforcement, property owners throughout Philadelphia are beginning
to remove eight sheets from their building facades. View some before and after
photographs here.
The smallest type of billboard is called an eight
sheet, and is usually placed in areas where there are pedestrians and slow
moving traffic. Eight sheets are placed on small poles or bolted directly on to
the side of buildings. Because eight sheets are located around homes, schools,
and playgrounds, there is concern about the influence they have on children and
specific ethnic groups.
For additional eight sheet photographs, click here.
PNE Media's Illegal Eight Sheets
Because eight sheets are easy to erect, they often have no
permit and are illegal. However, the City of
Philadelphia is currently in the
process of getting hundreds of these signs removed. The City is focusing its
actions on PNE Media, a billboard company that owns hundreds of illegal eight
sheets throughout Philadelphia.
A list of these illegal eight sheets can be found
here. It is
searchable by both councilmanic district and zip code.
Contact information for PNE Media can be found in the
contact billboard companies section of
our website.
Press
Because of the City's
initiative, there has been a lot of recent press regarding eight sheet
billboards. In March,
The Inquirer wrote about the City's work on determining the legality of the
billboards. In July
WB17 featured a story about eight sheets on their nightly news.
The Inquirer and Citypaper
wrote stories about a hearing of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, in
which the Board gave PNE Media 60 days to either remove or file variances for
their 900+ eight sheet billboards.
