I love the painted utility boxes in Lakeview. How can I get one painted in my neighborhood? Danita Long Hey Danita, The once-drab gray utility boxes at traffic intersections around town are steadily ...

A bird painted on a Mission District utility box by artist Claudio Talavera-Ballón. Photo by Yujie Zhou, Dec. 23, 2024. Chestnut-backed chickadees, yellow warblers and other feathered birds have ...

Dear Johnnie: My question is about the ugly utility post in my backyard: Does it belong to the city or a phone/cable company? I’m assuming I’m stuck with it, even though it’s no longer in use, but can ...

I had never noticed the ugly brown utility boxes generously distributed around Center City until I started hanging around Geoff Thompson of the This Old City blog last year, and ever since he pointed ...