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Old May 25th 08, 09:16 AM
Grimnir Grimnir is offline
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Originally Posted by Paul E. Schoen View Post
I drive through Finksburg and Westminster, MD, on Rt 140, several times a
week, and lately I have seen several billboards with three stylized
caricatures of a dog's head, with rays projecting out of the head, and the
single word "Heel" also repeated three times. There does not seem to be any
other information. Has anyone else seen anything like this, or have any
idea what it means? I'll try to get a picture of one of the signs to see if
anyone recognizes it.

I seem to remember something like this once before, where a single word was
posted, and then later more was added. This might have been at the
beginning of Baltimore's "Believe" campaign, which is still (sort of)
active. But, given the violence and dangerous conditions that persist in
much of the city, I think it is more appropriate to remove the "Be" part,
and just "lieve". I sure wouldn't want to live (or die) there.

Unlike the "heel" signs, I found a number of references to "Baltimore
Believe":

"Baltimo BELIEVE and ...: Photo by Photographer Bill Angel - photo.net
Why 'Baltimore Believe' Cannot Work--and the Real Work We Must Do Instead
Baltimore, BELIEVE, or not -- -- baltimoresun.com
http://www.rebuildingmadison.info/BelieveReport.pdf

Maybe it's part of some new campaign...

Paul and Muttley
Hi Paul,
While I don't have dogs of my own, I am, however interested in Street Art (Wooster Collective if you want to see some!).

This could be such a case, though it is hard to be certain since it could be viral marketing indeed.

The only thing I've been able to find out about these billboards is that there are other people curious about them, too. Heres a link to a persons blog who actually has a picture of the billboard, and he is in California..which really leads me to suspect that its just an ad. (Which dissapoints me, I don't exactly like it when advertisements seem to mimic street art..bah!)

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