Monday, April 29, 2024

A Link5G tower for Avenue C

Updated 5/30: There's a petition to remove the tower here. 

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The East Village now has another unsightly Link5G tower, this one on Avenue C between Eighth Street and Ninth Street. 

The EVG reader who shared this photo noted: "I'll never understand what force makes these exist."

Right-o! 

The first 32-foot EV tower arrived in August 2022 on Second Avenue at First Street ... then another on Avenue A at 12th Street. One was in the works for outside 184 E. Seventh St. at Avenue B, though there has been opposition to this one.  

A quickie recap via amNY in 2022: 
The new structures are operated as a public-private partnership by consortium CityBridge, and are a revamp of the old 10-foot kiosks the firm set up under former Mayor Bill de Blasio starting in 2015 with free Wi-Fi, USB charging ports, a tablet, a 911 button, and calling capabilities. 
EVG readers nicknamed these things "Phal-link," "deBlasiooo," and "32feetOfGray," among others

There has been political opposition to the 5G towers... read more about the advocacy that Village Preservation is doing here.

5 comments:

  1. Photos from a walk around the neighborhood examining
    wifi kiosks and Jumbo towers, in October of 2022, are found at:
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/felton-nyc/albums/72177720303297580

    On June 7, 2023, the NY City Council held a lengthy hearing on the danger from these towers, and Carolyn Maloney, our former Congressional representative, spoke out against them.
    I will check the new tower soon.

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  2. How well does it work? If you live in that building right next to it can you use it instead of Spectrum?

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  3. So sick of shit like this being shoved down our throat, this doesn't happen anywhere else, the people don't want this trash.

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  4. What better way to get rid of low rent paying tenants than to ZAP them out with radiation from those fucking monstrosities?

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  5. I'm about a half-block away from it and it doesn't show up on my list of Wi-Fi networks, so I'm guessing either it's not that strong a signal, or you have to login to it.

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