$2.5 million to light up CN Tower - WTF?!
 

Rather fucked up priorities, if you ask me.


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I'm starring at it outside my window.... looks kinda cool but definitely ain't worth the money...

To me, it's kind of like lighting up the falls. The skyline just hasn't been the same since the tower went dark.

I imagine lighting niagara falls would be much more expensive.
WG

Yet 7 years later: Figure that shit out.BTW that's the WTC scene.

http://www.jadedragon.com/archives/newsclips/wtc06.jpg

"Power is supplied by the City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) Hydro Commission. It is estimated that the cost of illuminating the Falls including the services of an operator is approximately $85 per hour."


http://www.niagarafrontier.com/illuminationlights.html

"In 1997 and 1998, new fixtures replaced the outdated lamps and fixtures at the Illumination Tower, doubling the intensity of the lights on the Falls without doubling the hydro bills. Currently a total of twenty-one xenon lights, each with a 76-cm (30 in) diameter, are used to illuminate the Falls in a rainbow of colours. Eighteen are located at the Illumination Tower, beside the Queen Victoria Place and three are located below street level in the gorge opposite the American Falls. Each of the xenon spotlights produces more than 390 million peak beam and has a brilliance of 250 million candlepower."

http://www.niagaraparks.com/nfgg/illumination.php

heres a pic of it being tested just the other day..

http://www.blogto.com/upload/2007/06..._cncolours.jpg

LEDs are the way to go.

A structure like that is never completely "practical;" it serves a valuable role as a symbol.

If such a property isn't lit properly, it isn't much of a symbol.

Heres some more:

http://www.blogto.com/upload/2007/06...cncolours3.jpg

http://www.blogto.com/upload/2007/06...cncolours2.jpg


It's really gonna brighten up the city skyline and look really nice! I cant wait to see it in person, i heard its even more incredible as it pulses etc.

Wow, that is SUPER cool!

:thumbsup :thumbsup

Stunning pics!!!

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If poor people want money perhaps they should get better jobs?

People with money paid for those lights and paid for them on the basis of how much they could afford... You know... that whole part of taxes where I pay 30% so some low-life dishwasher with 6 kids can pay 18% or $1,800 and then claim Earned Income Credit and get back $3,500 of my fucking money.

Yeah... Light up the entire skyline for all I care... at least it might bring in some tourist money and reinvigorate the economy with all of the new jobs that it creates. Probably need some permits for that too... Even more money.

That'd be so cool!

I reckon a lot of people would rather they gave the city an extra public holiday, rather than lighting up that thing to dazzle the kiddies..

I think it looks really good

Those pictures look great.

I don't think the tower receives any tax dollars so who cares how they spend their money.

ottawa spends 21million on their canada day celebration alone.

looks great

our tax dollars hard at work

thats cool but i thought it would be brighter

So...to you...there's only two issues - lighting the CN Tower or poor people.

How about properly funding the mentally disabled that are currently roaming our streets after so many mental health facilities have been shut down across the province.

How about additional funding for veteran rehabilitation?

How about our more money for our shoddy road infrastructure?

I wasn't suggesting handing more money over to a bunch of welfare bums. I'm thinking more in terms of deserving priorities.

a blue and a red light, so fascinating lol

Damn, those pictures look amazing!!