{"id":3118,"date":"2008-02-01T10:44:10","date_gmt":"2008-02-01T15:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/02\/the_new_ham_radio.html"},"modified":"2008-02-01T10:44:10","modified_gmt":"2008-02-01T15:44:10","slug":"the_new_ham_radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/02\/the_new_ham_radio.html","title":{"rendered":"The New Ham Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Show your patriotism, earn some extra cash<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Despite vociferous objections from residents and community board members, telecommunications giant T-Mobile is forging ahead with plans to install a wireless signal tower on top of a Maspeth home.<\/p>\n

But with city officials still weighing whether to approve the project, outraged residents and community leaders are doing everything in their power to stop it.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, nearly three dozen opponents crammed into a Board of Standards and Appeals hearing room in Manhattan to protest T-Mobile’s plan, which would place a 27-foot-tall wireless transmitter disguised as a flagpole atop a two-story home.<\/p>\n

Rising more than 50 feet above ground level, the American flag-topped tower would “close a gap” in wireless service, according to T-Mobile spokesman Wayne Leuck. The tower would measure 36 inches in diameter — far wider than a typical flagpole, critics noted — and would be illuminated by at least two spotlights installed on the roof. <\/p>\n

Critics say the tower will look “absolutely hideous” amid the neighborhood’s low-rise residential landscape. “It’s a matter of aesthetics,” said Assemblywoman Marge Markey, who has repeatedly urged T-Mobile to relocate the planned tower to one of Maspeth’s more remote industrial corners. <\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

The telecommunication company first presented its idea to Community Board 5 in October, after gaining permission from the building’s owner to install the 27-foot-tall device (part pole, part equipment box) on his property for an undisclosed fee.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Show your patriotism, earn some extra cash: Despite vociferous objections from residents and community board members, telecommunications giant T-Mobile is forging ahead with plans to install a wireless signal tower on top of a Maspeth home. But with city officials still weighing whether to approve the project, outraged residents and community leaders are doing everything […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grrr","category-queens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}