Don't Water the Cell Tower!

[David McNamee]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-01-22-palm-tower_x.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-01-22-palm-tower_x.htm</a><br /><br /></div>T-Mobile is set to install a new cell tower in Avondale, Arizona. When residents in the area where the tower would be installed complained about the look of a cell tower in the neighborhood, T-Mobile got creative. Instead of your typical monopole tower, they are disguising the tower as a 55-foot tall palm tree.<br /><br />That's a great idea! I live in a city with ordinances that restrict towers. This would be a great way to get around it. What else could they disguise their towers as?

[paqguy]

Massachusetts has several that are "supposed" to be pine trees. I personally think they stand out more than if they had just left them alone. They are the lamest looking pine trees I've ever seen!

[generationgav]

Ironically this was on the BBC News in the Uk just the other day!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2000/dot_life/2261039.stm

[possmann]

Oh Please! I'd rather have them save the damn money and improve operations and coverage then spending it on aesthetics

[encece]

We have a few of the PINE TREES in NJ as well. It makes sense in a heavily wooded area where you dont want a big metal tower sticking out of the top, but there are a couple I've seen before that just stand there on their own, especially in the winter when many of the non-pines in the area are bare.

How about a dinosaur or something even more out of place like a rocket, a huge fork, or a giant squid. I'd rather see a creative artisitic attempt rather than what sometimes is a sad & blatent attempt at disguise.

[Neil]

There's a cell tower on I-5 as you head up to Vancouver that is disguised as a bell tower on a church.