Readers
of the Project
USA e-zine will remember that in October 2000, ProjectUSA
erected a billboard at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge in New
York City reading, "Immigration is doubling US population
in our lifetimes." It pictured two children and cited the
Census Bureau as its source.
The board lasted just thirteen days. The owner
of the property on which the billboard sat, the Port Authority
of NY/NJ, ordered
the board removed after, according to the New York Times,
"an authority employee noticed it and told his superiors." More.... |
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| Brooklyn Bridge, Fall 2000 (the
NY/NJ Port Authority ordered this billboard removed after just
13 days) - More photos... |
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