We are pleased to see the Valley Advocate cover the Amazing.net/Apremont Triangle situation in its May 31-June 6 edition. The article is similar to a May 24 post at Heather Brandon’s Urban Compass blog. From the article: Springfield Mayor Charles Ryan addressed a group at a May 17 event downtown to say that he will […]
Continue reading Valley Advocate: “Springfield Porn Store Comes Under Fire”
Some people deny that Capital Video’s porn shop in Springfield (Amazing.net) is bringing prostitution to the Apremont Triangle neighborhood and retarding economic development there. Others cite a handful of studies to suggest that it is debatable whether adult enterprises impose a risk of secondary effects on their surroundings (e.g. crime, blight), ignoring the clear preponderance […]
Today’s Gazette reports on the status of Capital Video’s planned porn shop at 135 King Street in Northampton, and comments on the issues surrounding Capital Video’s shop in Springfield at Apremont Triangle. The Northampton store will open in June or early July. Capital Video says construction issues have delayed them at their Northampton site. Meanwhile, […]
Today’s Springfield Republican reports on NoPornNorthampton’s April 30 mailing to voters around Apremont Triangle in Springfield. This mailing noted problems that have been reported around the Amazing.net porn shop there and suggested various ways to mitigate them. The Republican article sheds light on recent and upcoming interactions between Capital Video (the company behind Amazing.net) and […]
Continue reading Springfield Republican Reports on Apremont Triangle Mailing about Amazing.net
On April 30, we mailed over 1,700 letters to voters around Apremont Triangle in Springfield, noting problems that have been reported around the Amazing.net porn shop there and suggesting various ways to mitigate them. We were pleased to receive the following communication from Springfield Police Commissioner Edward Flynn, which he has given us permission to […]
[May 9 update: See Springfield Police Commissioner Edward Flynn’s email to NoPornNorthampton at Springfield Police Commissioner: “…it is fair to say that ‘Amazing’ constitutes an attractive nuisance that contributes to blighted conditions there”] On April 30, NoPornNorthampton mailed over 1,700 letters (PDF) to voters in the Apremont Triangle area of Springfield. This neighborhood is home […]
Publicity campaigns and pressure on city officials helped Oklahoma City recover from a proliferation of adult enterprises in the 1980s. Jon Stephen Gustin, Retired Sergeant, Oklahoma City Police Department, tells the story in QUALITY OF LIFE: A Look At Successful Abatement of Adult Oriented Business Nuisances in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1984-1989) (PDF). Some excerpts: Traditionally […]
On March 19 the State of Connecticut filed an amicus curiae brief (PDF) to support adult-use zoning in Berlin, CT. A chain of adult shops called VIP is trying to open a new store in Berlin, less than 250 feet from a residential area. The brief argues that it is constitutional to apply zoning regulations […]
From the “Brief of the Neighborhood Pornography Task Force, Amicus Curiae, in Support of Appellant Hudnut v. American Booksellers Association, Inc.”, published in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.321-324): The neighborhoods bordering on East Lake Street in South Minneapolis have been fighting the encroachment of pornography into their community since Ferris Alexander […]
Reporting from Dale, Indiana, AP says that Circuit Judge Wayne Roell has upheld Spencer County’s adult-use zoning. Adult businesses may not operate within 1,000 feet of churches, schools and residences. Cincinnati attorney H. Louis Sirkin, considered one of the most experienced obscenity trial attorneys in the country, argued the county’s ordinance was unconstitutional. Judge Roell […]
Continue reading Indiana: Judge Upholds Adult Zoning, Orders Adult Plaza Bookstore to Close