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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

The New York Public Library, Awash in Blue

NY Public Library
Photo by myself at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue.

The main branch of the New York Public Library was bathed in a light blue light, Monday night. Candles were placed up the front steps, perhaps in honor of Martin Luther King Day.

Many buildings use LED lights these days to light their exteriors. It's an energy efficient way to dramatically change the look of a building with a flick of a switch. The entire color spectrum can be programed in. The top of the Empire State Building uses LEDs, too.

Related posts: On Lost Icons and the Dakota, Tudor City, in Detail, and Lunching at the Oak Bar, on Central Park South.

10 comments:

Olivier said...

c'est vraiment tres beau avec cet eclairage bleue, belle photo de nuit

Nori Katayama said...

Pretty beautiful and looks calm...

Seitenstraße said...

such beautiful picture!
xxxbeatrice

s.c said...

Looks nice but a little cold.

biebkriebels said...

It is a kind of lightshow, but a bit blue "Blue Monday"?

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Banjo52 said...

That looks the way a place of learning ought to look at night. Very, very nice.

Cesc Sales said...

Blue is my mind...Love

Anonymous said...

I've always thought this building was/is gorgeous. Especially bathed in light.

Family Portraits said...

Great kind of lightshow. Nice blue light picture.such beautiful picture!