You are awesome! Thank you! They could also better paint the building and fix that orange light. The nearby US flag is also tattered.

I have left a detailed message at the listed phone number, however, there was no recorded greeting. Not a good sign at a phone service company. BTW, the U.S. flag next door is the Post Office. I don't think they have a large maintenance budget.

That's true. Wish we could spruce Solano up a bit. Would be nice to get rid of toxic soil and 76 station, but Walgreens isn't needed either. What do you think?

Anyone know if the illegal Verizon ad is still blighting Solano?

Last night, the banner was still there. I've looked however, at the rest of the block, and the Solano Oriental Rug store and Nature's Express ALSO have banners. Do you want to tackle all three? (Uniform application of the law and all . . . )

A similar issue arose with Khana Peena up the street (1889 Solano) about two years ago. They installed a perpendicular BAR sign permanently affixed to their building. The lights were "chaser" lights, blinking on and off in a circle around the word BAR. It was so tacky and distasteful, reminded me of Carol Doda if you've ever seen that. Just plain cheap looking. I complained to the City Council-member, Laurie Capitelli, whose business office was next door to that location. He spoke to them and got them to turn off the blinkers, and to remove a "BAR OPEN" banner that they hung above the entrance door. This was a clear violation of about two or three city codes, no permit, no perpendicular lighted signs, etc., and that was the best they could do. So don't expect a lot. BTW, the tacky BAR sign is still there.

Berkeley is pretty wishy washy on enforcing the code unless they want to, that's for sure.

Other locations are equally guilty.

Verizon authorized dealer.

Oriental Rug store.

I live in the neighborhood and most assuredly don't want the 76 station to disappear. Too many restaurants as is. And one man's tacky is another man's just right. There's a reason there are so many empty storefronts on Solano, and hassling them about banners isnt going to solve that.

Closing cases in Neighborhood discussion group due to age of the case. (2013, 2014,2015) Thank you for the feedback.