eyesores

"We approved 'eyesores' - but won't tell you why …" (13)

This Is Guernsey 2010

They disliked wind farms even more than other "eyesores" - such as highway service areas, conventional power stations and ugly office buildings-because of the size of the turbines, some of which are 300 feet tall, and their intrusion on the landscape.

Kansas City infoZine Headlines 2009

I’d love to see a federal project to reclaim and restore the millions of acres of mountaintops that have been scarred and remain eyesores as well as barren slagheaps.

Think Progress » Mining lobbyist: ‘The president has parked his tanks on our front lawn.’ 2010

I’d love to see a federal project to reclaim and restore the millions of acres of mountaintops that have been scarred and remain eyesores as well as barren slagheaps.

Think Progress » Mining lobbyist: ‘The president has parked his tanks on our front lawn.’ 2010

Paul considers John's lawn chairs "eyesores" and asks him to get rid of them.

Neighbour from hell Tyler 2009

Paul considers John's lawn chairs "eyesores" and asks him to get rid of them.

Archive 2009-08-23 Tyler 2009

Tragically, the poor and homeless and other "eyesores" can be sequestered to corners of the country where the sun don't shine, but the statistics can't as easily be swept under the rug.

Sepehr Vakil: My Trip To South Africa Sepehr Vakil 2010

Wal-Mart targets mobile home parks, because local officials are often anxious to level these 'eyesores', and move the residents out of the area.

Al Norman: Wal-Mart Walking on Sunshine 2009

The best the city and provincial government can come up with so far is a plan to move these "eyesores" away from the city before the Olympics start in February 2010.

Tom Tresser: "No Games Chicago" Hosts Olympic Sceptic At Public Forum 2009

The thought crosses my mind that if the people who complain were as passionate about garbage as they are about technological "eyesores," maybe there'd be no garbage littering the countryside.

From On High 2006