We have all heard of the Undertake-a-Freeway or Sponsor-a-Freeway applications began within the Eighties. People, organizations, and firms or companies volunteer to maintain a mile-long stretch of a freeway clear and litter-free in trade for his or her title on an indication.
I at all times look at these indicators because it’s arduous to overlook them. It sort of sucks when that stretch of freeway is not clear and maintained however over all it is a program that appears to work. The Division of Transportation for every state can pull the volunteers signal if they do not comply anyway opening it as much as a brand new group or individual.
Anyway, once I noticed this signal whereas driving in Westchester County, New York on the southbound facet of 684 about half-hour north of NYC I took a double-take and the subsequent day pulled over and snapped some photographs.
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Is that this who I feel it’s? Is it only a man with the identical title or is it THE Clive Davis. You understand, the Clive who’s a world well-known, five-time Grammy successful document producer who found and signed Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Aerosmith, Alicia Keys, Whitney Houston, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin, Santana, and Barry Manilow to call a couple of and that does not even embrace these signed to his document labels.
He is additionally within the Rock-and-Roll Corridor of Fame as a non-performer.
The 92 12 months previous rock star in his personal proper is presently the Chief Inventive Officer with Sony Music Leisure in case you have been questioning. This after a profession operating Columbia Data and RCA amongst different labels with an limitless quantity of expertise.
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So is it THE Clive Davis? Nicely it might make sense since he lives in Westchester within the city of Pound Ridge in line with the Bedford and New Canaan Journal.
To solidify it although it took me a easy Google search confirmed with a Rolling Stone article. Clive has been sponsoring this stretch of freeway, and one other stretch on the northbound facet of 684 as early as 2008.
Clearly that is old skool, widespread information for people who dwell on this space and drive 684 on a regular basis. I suppose meaning it would now change into second nature for me to see the signal, too.
Adore it!
Based on Psychological Floss, Barbra Streisand and Robin Williams are two different celebrities which have adopted highways as soon as upon a time.
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