Archinect - News2024-12-04T04:07:11-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150099862/the-holland-tunnel-holiday-decorations-have-people-very-annoyed
The Holland Tunnel holiday decorations have people very annoyed Mackenzie Goldberg2018-12-12T13:05:00-05:00>2018-12-13T20:23:18-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9c/9c388acb804e42c6ea284e195c96607e.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The Port Authority's holiday decorations for the Holland Tunnel toll lanes have commuters outraged. For one local motorist, the failed attempt at festivity is so annoying that he even <a href="https://www.change.org/p/the-mta-move-the-christmas-tree-on-the-holland-tunnel-from-the-n-to-cover-the-a" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">started a Change.org petition</a> to have the display altered. As of Wednesday morning, over 1,200 supporters have signed on. </p>
<p>The issue is less to do with the decorations themselves, and more about their obviously incorrect placement. Workers adorned the Jersey-side tolls' signage with wreaths and a tree. But, instead of placing the tree ornament over the appropriately shaped letter 'A,' it was positioned over the letter 'N,' much to everyone's chagrin. </p>
<p>The clearly off-kilter display has Cody Windelspecht, who created the petition calling for its alteration, describing the arrangement as an "OCD Nightmare." </p>
<p>"I look at it and it makes me itch. It gives me anxiety and anger—why wouldn’t they just put [the tree] in front of the A?" he <a href="https://nypost.com/2018/12/11/holland-tunnels-holiday-decorations-are-ocd-nightmare/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">told</a> the <em>New York Post</em>, adding that one guy he talked to "avoids the Ho...</p>