15 January 2010 - 17:58This Space To Let

With smaller Main Street retailers feeling the pinch of the financial crisis and closing up shop, where does that leave ailing landlords? Some shuttered stores in high traffic areas like 5th Ave or 23rd St have become street-level billboards, plastering their windows with advertising.

We don’t really care for more visual pollution, but making the best of a bad situation gets a tip o’ the hat.