Providence Skyline Lighting

[ItalMG]

That's funny, I always thought it was for Valentine's Day...

[Baines]

Very few buildings of that size have ever been demolished. I would imagine that, unless it were allowed to fall into complete and total disrepair, the cost and difficulty of even a drastic retrofitting would likely be less than that of demolition.

[Baines]

Bank of America was lit back up again last night after what I guess was their updating of the system.

It's amazing what a huge difference that lighting makes to our skyline at night. Some other building's management (<cough> Textron <cough>) could learn that lesson...

- Garris

[Griswald]

Absolutely. Textron would add expedentially to the view...moving east and creating more depth.

I have to say, they really bothers me...I have actually thought about finding a City Hall contact to complain as to why the city does not push/shame those cheap folks into minimal lighting....are 4 large flood lights too much?

[Gusterfell]

They're red tonight. Statehouse is not though. If I remember from last year, this is for American Heart Month?

[basachs]

I wonder if One Ten will have the ability to participate in these special seasonal lighting schemes.

[runawayjim]

I wonder too if the GCUBE will be red....

[mental757]

Maybe the Hilton sign is Red this month and will change to blue later...

[jencoleslaw]

you know what building needs to be lighted? That brown hulking beotch of a building that is the Charlesgate. When driving down North Main Street you can see lovely downtown except for the parts that are hidden behind this giant poop of a structure. If it was lighted it might not be so menacing to the skyline from that angle.

[spanishboy]

you know what building needs to be lighted? That brown hulking beotch of a building that is the Charlesgate. When driving down North Main Street you can see lovely downtown except for the parts that are hidden behind this giant poop of a structure. If it was lighted it might not be so menacing to the skyline from that angle.

[basachs]

did any1 else notice that one of the smoke stacks on the foundry/promenade was lighted red with blue? it was pretty cool ..nice to see something else being lighted across the highway

[Garris]

you know what building needs to be lighted? That brown hulking beotch of a building that is the Charlesgate.

[ItalMG]

Anyone else want to see the Cathedral lit up?... Great positioning off the highway, and could bring some "life" to the other end of the downtown Westminster strip.

[Garris]

Anyone else want to see the Cathedral lit up?... Great positioning off the highway, and could bring some "life" to the other end of the downtown Westminster strip.

[inProv]

I think this has come up in the past. I think the issue was that the church literally does not have the money to do it. It's just too expensive...

Perhaps, as part of a future revitalized Cathedral Square, it would then be appropriate to light it up...

- Garris

[Lone Ranger]

Now that raises an interesting question: how much do these nighttime lighting displays actually cost per year? Not so much the infrastructure costs, but the operational costs ...

[Garris]

I believe that is what got the Catherdal of the Holy Cross lit up on Washington St. in Boston's South End.

[inProv]

Very interesting. I hadn't heard about that. Do you have any more info, articles, or links about that?

[ItalMG]

Does anybody else love the fact that you can see the skyline lit up from the Target in Warwick?

[CtownMikey]

the top floor of ccri has a great view

[runawayjim]

Does anybody else love the fact that you can see the skyline lit up from the Target in Warwick?

[jencoleslaw]

i wish i knew that... i didn't look when i was there (the second time i shopped on route 2 in the past year). i just wanted to get in, out, and leave route 2 behind me as quickly as possible.

[runawayjim]

did you drive down North Main St when you left my office tonite, and totally see how cool it would be if Charlesgate was somehow lit?

[jencoleslaw]

i'm guessing i didn't think of how cool it'd be because i didn't even realize i was looking at charlesgate.

i felt like i was driving from the suburbs into the city. i always feel that way on north main, probably because it's so wide.

[runawayjim]

don't make me regret unignoring you. you think N Main is the suburbs? the guy who lives in Elmhurst!? I can walk to a drug store, a grocery store, a tool store, three pawn shops, two dunkin donuts, the sammich hut, greggs, Java Speed, a hospital, a nice park (which doubles as a cemetary) a laundry, a liquor store, two convenience stores, a day care, a hardware store, and one of those happy ending spas--all within three blocks of my office. A little further afield is the map store, RI Aquarium, McDonalds, Whole Foods, etc. North Main Street's walkable potential, while incredibly dangerous, is incredibly RICH!