"So if you and your neighbours feel the mast will be an eyesore in an otherwise lovely setting, you may be able to get something together for blocking it on that basis."

The nicest looking one I've seen so far is right in the middle of downtown Bloomington, Illinois.

Sort of a cross between Paris's Eyefull Tower and Seattle's Space Noodle, it's become a real landmark, and the Bloomingtonians seem to like it.