Xcel Energy’s New Utility Boxes
Sep.23, 2009 in
Graffiti, Minneapolis
Xcel Energy appears to be rolling out new utility boxes in Minneapolis like the ones above. The one problem I have with these is that they’re a blank canvas for taggers. The color choices seems rather ill-conceived for a urban environments.
It would be great to see Xcel get a bit more creative with the utility box design. Something that blended in with it surroundings and was less graffiti friendly would be awesome.
September 23rd, 2009 at 9:25 am
What would be really money is if they took a digital photo of the backdrop and then printed out a skin that matched.
September 23rd, 2009 at 1:27 pm
What purpose are these serving? I assume these are being used on commercial properties only – where the line from a transformer enters a single commercial property? Is the meter located in this box, or is that somewhere else?