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The Washington Examiner has an interesting report on the legality of billboards in the District. Interesting, in that no one seems to know whether any of them are legal or not. D.C. put a moratorium on new billboards in 1931, grandfathering in existing signs and preventing replacement if they were taken down, but around 1972, someone stopped updating the list of legal billboards. The Dept. of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs has now started an investigation into signs around the city and promises removal of any that are illegally placed. If you suspect you've found an improperly hanging billboard, contact DCRA (including any info and photos you have) at signs.dcra[at]dc.gov.

DC Metrocentric and others wrote in about the new billboard erected by artist Yoko Ono at 6th and K Streets NW. Yoko's no stranger to the District Of. In 2007, the artist participated in Street Scenes: Projects for D.C. at several different venues. Yoko imagined peace at the Verizon Center, planted ten wish trees around town, and delivered a (shall we say) interesting lecture in Anacostia. Yoko's was recently featured as a part of "Close Encounters at the Katzen Art Center of the American University Museum. And perhaps you've run across her work in a recent copy of the New York Times.