Contrarians at the Gates Go to Some Heights to Make a Point
Fred Pilot forwarded this--you gotta love it...

Ten-foot-tall "viewing platforms" erected outside three gated communities are showcasing one Los Angeles group's social viewpoint. Guerrilla artists have erected gaudy, orange-painted towers next to the fences of private neighborhoods in Brentwood, the Fairfax district and Los Feliz to protest what they say is a proliferation of private, gate-guarded residential enclaves.