Johnme Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Has anyone noticed how dark downtown looks at night? I know that they are trying to conserve energy, but America's 4th largest city should be lit up at night just as it was 2 years ago. Ever since lights out Houston started buildings have been turning off the decorative lighting that made our downtown stand out at night. Instead of turning off the decorative lighting; more energy would be saved if they just made sure that lights in the offices are turned off at night. Or they can replace the bulbs with LED lighting and turn the lights back on. Here is an example off of the net showing the darkness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhlaw09 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Has anyone noticed how dark downtown looks at night? I know that they are trying to conserve energy, but America's 4th largest city should be lit up at night just as it was 2 years ago. Ever since lights out Houston started buildings have been turning off the decorative lighting that made our downtown stand out at night. Instead of turning off the decorative lighting; more energy would be saved if they just made sure that lights in the offices are turned off at night. Or they can replace the bulbs with LED lighting and turn the lights back on. Here is an example off of the net showing the darkness. Is "Lights Out Houston" mainly just an excuse by building operators to be cheap and turn off ornamental lighting? On face value, it seems about as sincere as the hotels who leave notes asking you to re-use your towels unless you place them on the floor in order "to assist [Hotel X] in saving the environment" (i.e., to reduce the hotel's expenses). Of course, they're both valid strategies and business savvy as well, but a spade by another name is still a spade. Anyone have thoughts? To me, it seems like an example finding a way to save a buck--and then spinning it as being in alignment with the cause du jour (going green!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnme Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 I snapped a couple of photos tonight. The Wells Fargo tower has a different side lit up now and the side that had pieces lit up is now dark. If someone charged them to fix the lights they need to get their money back. The Continental Building Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citizen4rmptown Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 IMO, the continental building is the one building who stays in consistent lighting, at least recently. Besides the freeway, i like the last pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C2H Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 While i don't miss the cheap looking white Christmas lights from a few years back, i don't neccesarily like the black downtown we currrently have either. I wish the Wells Fargo, Reliant Energy, and Wedge buildings would turn their lights back on. Maybe a letter to Central Houston would help to encourage LED certified lighting. I remember a HAIFer a few years back (greystone i think was his name) was real proactive on trying to improve lighting downtown and wrote several letters to Bob Eury encouraging better lighting. I'll try to dig for that topic but i got to get familiar with this new HAIF design first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro Matt Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I snapped a couple of photos tonight. The Wells Fargo tower has a different side lit up now and the side that had pieces lit up is now dark. If someone charged them to fix the lights they need to get their money back. My guess is the white neon was damaged from the hurricane last year & never fixed. Fragile glass neon & high winds &/or hail don't go too well together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Yeah it does look a bit forlorn without the lighting. The Continental building looked much better with the blue lighting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Downtown is fine. Who cares about the lighting, the important part is to keep wiping out parking lots with new construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Downtown is fine. Who cares about the lighting, the important part is to keep wiping out parking lots with new construction.Well nice lighting and new construction aren't mutually exclusive. Shouldn't we have both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorAggie Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 My guess is the white neon was damaged from the hurricane last year & never fixed. Fragile glass neon & high winds &/or hail don't go too well together.Believe it or not, those are indeed LEDs at the top of Wells Fargo. You can see them from the top of One Shell. While I like the lighting scheme when it works, there seemed to be more times when at least one part of Wells Fargo wasn't lit. Gave the impression of someone missing a tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfre81 Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 This is how I saw the Wells Fargo tower the other night (Thursday) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnme Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 This is how I saw the Wells Fargo tower the other night (Thursday) They need to fix the lights already; the lights have not been on completely since before Hurricane Ike. I am holding out hope that the Hess Tower and Main Place will be lit up at night. Hopefully the rest of the towers will join them with some energy efficient lights. Look at the medical center at night; downtown can do so much better.On the topic; it looks like the newer former Enron building has shut their lights off too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Johnme Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 The RRI Reliant Energy Plaza has finally turned their lights back on! Hopefully some of the other building owners follow suit and let's get downtown lit up again! Here are a couple from last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Yeah it does look a bit forlorn without the lighting. The Continental building looked much better with the blue lighting!I agree 100%. What happened to the Continental Logo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnme Posted October 24, 2009 Author Share Posted October 24, 2009 I agree 100%. What happened to the Continental Logo?I saw a post from another HAIFER that said Continental decided to take the logo down because the owner of the building will not pay to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnme Posted October 24, 2009 Author Share Posted October 24, 2009 Here are some pictures of the newly lit up One Park Place and the former Bank United building off of the Southwest Freeway which recently put up blue lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 I saw a post from another HAIFER that said Continental decided to take the logo down because the owner of the building will not pay to fix it. Pay me $300 and I'll go up there myself and screw in some bulbs. I like it. That building is usually so dark at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnme Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 Pay me $300 and I'll go up there myself and screw in some bulbs.I like it. That building is usually so dark at night.I passed by the former Bank United building last night and the lights had changed to a light lavender color, so this building must have several different color schemes. Hopefully this building will be a trendsetter and the downtown skyline will come back to life at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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