Originally Posted by NYCommuter

I do. NY is my home and LGA in general and those buildings in particular create a poor image for people arriving in NY- just as Penn Station, the Port Authority Bus Terminal, etc. all do.

Secondly, AA should care. AA is a fine airline--certainly one of the world's premier carriers. Its brand could be diluted by highly visible, ratty-looking buildings with its logo on them. Think of the other corporate logos on high-profile locations around NYC- MetLife (MetLife Building on 44th-ish St.), GE (Rockefeller Center), Ernst & Young (Times Square), Trump (various locations)--how many of those are run-down?

If I ran a company and my logo were highly visible on a derelict building in a flagship location, I'd do something about it, at least to protect the brand. Even a paint job on those buildings and replacing some of the windows would be a big improvement.