Today we take a look at Pattison Outdoor’s illegal fascia sign at 102 Peter Street.

A Notice of Violation was issued against this property on August 3, 2007, pursuant to our complaint. For the past four months, Pattison has not operated the vinyl on this sign but has maintained the framework. This is what it looks [...]

The Buildings Department has revoked the illegal billboard permit for 717 Church Street and the illegal sign has finally been removed. On June 19, 2002, Steve Wolowich, the Director of Real Estate for CBS Outdoor, obtained this illegal permit to erect a third party fascia sign on the westerly elevation of 717 Church. In order [...]

Welcome back to Billboard Permit Fraud, where we show you how outdoor advertising companies are obtaining illegal permits for billboards after filing false information with the Buildings Department. Today, we look at Titan Outdoor’s signs at 168 John Street. The sign in question is the vertical 10′x30′ vinyl sign facing north in this photo, advertising [...]

This is Pattison’s ground sign at 30 Widmer, a former Petrofina gas station that is currently being used as an illegal parking lot:

And from the Adelaide frontage:

We have obtained the permit for this sign and discovered that Pattison Outdoor filed false information with the Buildings Department in order to obtain the permit in 1995. For [...]

Daniel Pitoscia doesn’t know when to lie and when to tell the truth.
This is what Daniel’s sign at 460 King West, Global Village Backpackers, looks like:

In September 2006, Strategic Media’s Pitoscia applied for a permit to erect a somewhat smaller sign with this application:

Now notice that the sign is located within a few feet of [...]