ABSTRACT
Aesthetics? Who on Earth doesn’t appreciate the beauty of a communications tower? Well, in the event you’ve been left out in the cold on this issue, let me share the perspective of your friendly neighbor. In an essay, journalist and member of the New York Times Editorial Board, Eleanor Randolph has described our majestic friends:
“extremely ugly. … dreadful.”
“They have gizmos attached at odd angles in a manner reminiscent of a sole electrical receptacle serving a whole roomful of appliances. The word sky-clutter comes to mind here.”
“One fake fir … looks like an alien growth fed by a New Jersey sludge pile. (U)pstate …, neighbors are battling a tower-tree they call the Frankenpine.”
(Source: “The Cell Tower Blight: Text-Message Calder, ASAP”, The New York Times, February 26, 2005)