Sony's Illegal Sidewalk

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You legally have one area of respite in the city from guerrilla advertising: the sidewalks. On Thurday, the city's Transportation Department ordered Sony to remove its sidewalk decals from outside their store on Madison Avenue. Just so you know: "Section 19-138 of the city's Administrative Code leaves no wiggle room for would-be marketers to use streets or sidewalks" by painting, printing, and sticking things on them. [NY Times]