[somnambulist]

That´s the authors point of view and depends on perception, taste and attitudes... posters are "eyesore", but plastic 3D flowers are "nice and elegant"... well that´s not my opinion. Of course, I´m living without those things like facebook or whatsapp, and i don´t need the pink glitter and glamour world with all the false facades and therefore I may seem a little strange. But I see the columns as a posibility to get cultural information and they are a part of my alternative lifestyle... How often i found over these columns small music gigs, a nice theater in a foreign city or a small store beside the well known consumtemples... So for ME, the column in Melbourne IS an advertising column, maybe in another form how you understand these columns.

I´m glad that this idea gets some attention again after long time... Well, this issue we have already discussed. I think we need some limits, the first ideas: The columns are fixed on the bottom, mostly with a concrete base. No movable columns are allowed. Columns that can be used for temporal changed advertisements, often (or only?) as posters. The shape is a column with a roof, between 1m and 2m in diameter, and a height between 2 and 3m. Only one column in a radius of 1 (2;3; 5 etc. ) kilometres (miles). We would be grateful about other proposals... How advertising columns helped people to ‘read’ a city’s identity. (just noticed the direct link does not work.. so please look via google, the first entry) So yeah, they are I´ve never been in Canada. Google... after 5 seconds: Quebec Melbourne. If there is one, there should be more I don´t think it´s a good idea to collect WC´s... Advertising columns are the oldest form of advertising in the world. Like "kaschper69" mentioned: "In modern times, there must be space and memory for such old media". However, I love the good old advertising columns with it´s sometimes more than 150 layers of information... of culture...

I wondered why there is no category for all the beautiful advertising columns... in a short search on the internet i found out that advertising columns should be foundable worldwide: Results: (of these countries / cities i found in a 5 minute serach photos with advertising columns, the most ones here: link) Germany - everywhere / France - Paris / USA - San Francisco / UK - London / Kanada - Quebec City / Russia - Moscow / Romania - Bucarest / Singapore - Orchard Station / Pakistan - Islamabad / Argentinia - Buenos Aires / Denmark - Copenhagen / Spain - Madrid / Portugal - Coimbra / Poland - Krakow / Croatia - Dubrovnik / Bulgaria - Sofia / Netherlands - Amsterdamm / Scottland - Edinburgh / Wales - Llandudno / Qatar - Doha / Belarus - Minsk / Island - Borkum / Belgium - Bruges / Switzerland - Zurich / Hungary - Budapest / Sweden - Gothenburg / Slovakia - Kosice / Moldawia - Tiraspol / Lithuania - Kaunas / Austria - Vienna / Estonia - Tallin so they should exist worldwide... What are Advertising Columns? Advertising Columns or Morris Columns are cylindrical outdoor sidewalk structures with a characteristic style that are used for advertising and other purposes. Advertising columns are most typically used to display advertisements in the form of posters; many such advertisements have traditionally concerned theater, cinema, nightclub, and concert announcements. Some are motorized and rotate very slowly. A few Advertising columns house Sanisettes or telephone booths. (Wikipedia) Here are some very nice ones link I think everyone knows this round columns can be used for advertising. Formerly they were very common, nowadays they are becoming increasingly rare... a good reason to find and waymark them. What do you think about it?