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Alcohol & Tobacco
East Harlem: 12 ads
SoHo: 0 ads
Upper East Side: 0 ads
Books & Periodicals
East Harlem: 0 ads
SoHo: 30 ads
Upper East Side: 11 ads
Clothing & Accessories
East Harlem: 20 ads
SoHo: 46 ads
Upper East Side: 9 ads
Communications
East Harlem: 4 ads
SoHo: 3 ads
Upper East Side: 0 ads
Education
East Harlem: 0 ads
SoHo: 7 ads
Upper East Side: 3 ads
Events & Entertainment
East Harlem: 2 ads
SoHo: 1 ads
Upper East Side: 5 ads
Financial Services
East Harlem: 17 ads
SoHo: 9 ads
Upper East Side: 3 ads
Food & Beverage
East Harlem: 33 ads
SoHo: 13 ads
Upper East Side: 7 ads
Health & Beauty
East Harlem: 9 ads
SoHo: 5 ads
Upper East Side: 2 ads
Housewares
East Harlem: 1 ads
SoHo: 1 ads
Upper East Side: 5 ads
Music & Movies
East Harlem: 15 ads
SoHo: 8 ads
Upper East Side: 0 ads
Public Services
East Harlem: 1 ads
SoHo: 2 ads
Upper East Side: 1 ads
Radio & Television
East Harlem: 3 ads
SoHo: 4 ads
Upper East Side: 0 ads
Sports & Fitness
East Harlem: 2 ads
SoHo: 0 ads
Upper East Side: 1 ads
Travel & Tourism
East Harlem: 4 ads
SoHo: 6 ads
Upper East Side: 0 ads
Other
East Harlem: 2 ads
SoHo: 5 ads
Upper East Side: 5 ads
Even if you never turn on the television, never check your email or surf the web, never read a magazine or newspaper, how much advertising has pervaded the physical world in which you live and travel? This project aims to understand the extent to which advertising has changed the urban environment and how the commercial landscape may or may not reflect the socioeconomic landscape of neighborhoods and communities.
Advertising data was recorded from three neighborhoods in New York City: East Harlem, a historically poor, primarily Latino neighborhood; SoHo, a downtown shopping district; and the Upper East Side, a wealthy residential area. [more...]