lighted tops

[SpongeG]

is this a trend or a requirement?

seems any new highrise has a lighted top

so is it just a building trend or a requirement?

its a great thing no matter what
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just wondering

[officedweller]

A lot of mechanical penthouses are quite poorly done.
I'd rather see a properly integrated mechanical penthouse than the blank walls of one highlighted by floodlights.
Internal lighting usually works well (Residences on Georgia).

Worst of the bunch is The Bentley - massive ugly concrete box (not lit luckily), Paris Place at International Village, or Jardine's Lookout.

Well integrated: Mondrian I & II, Domus, Eden, Miro, Brava, Genesis, Grace, Space, L'Hermitage.

The most recently lit one I've noticed is the Silver Sea (Concord Pacific next to Granville Bridge) - changing colours like at the Edgewater Casino.

[giallo]

I'm not normally a grammar Nazi, but 'lighted tops'? I believe the proper way to write it would be 'lit tops'. Lighted means to fall or descend.

Anyway, I think lit tops/crowns are great. Unfortunately, they get turned off pretty quickly on condo towers after a strata forms. No one wants to pay the extra electrical bill. The Melville is a perfect example.
Here in Shanghai it's all the rage. I always keep my eyes open to see what lighting schemes the new buildings come up with.

[SpongeG]

it's alive and well in burnaby - the OMA's, watercolours, Legacy are all lit up and the highgate village ones

its nice to see when driving down hwy #1 at least

they stick out a lot more than downtown as they don't get lost among the forest of towers

[SpongeG]

my bad i don't really pay attention to grammar and wording online

[vanman]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

it's alive and well in burnaby - the OMA's, watercolours, Legacy are all lit up and the highgate village ones

its nice to see when driving down hwy #1 at least

they stick out a lot more than downtown as they don't get lost among the forest of towers

I've heard rumours that nimbys are trying to get the exterior lighting at Highate turned off.

[officedweller]

Come to think of it - are the light pipes atop the Wall Centre towers still lit? (each one has a lightpipe)

[SpongeG]

Originally Posted by vanman

I've heard rumours that nimbys are trying to get the exterior lighting at Highate turned off.

wouldn't doubt it - they got the skytrain stations art installation lights turned off

i loved those colour changing cube like things

[officedweller]

@ Holdom? Those were cool.
Is it only after certain hours, or permanently turned off?

[vanman]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

wouldn't doubt it - they got the skytrain stations art installation lights turned off

i loved those colour changing cube like things

That is ridiculous. Who could that possibly bother?

[SpongeG]

Originally Posted by officedweller

@ Holdom? Those were cool.
Is it only after certain hours, or permanently turned off?

i haven't seen them on in a long while

before the towers went up i think is when i last saw them on

cause you used to be able to see them well from hwy #1

and driving west down lougheed now nothing

[officedweller]

Even the William Farrell Building (Telus) at Robson & Seymour had a fibre optic lighting system with changing colours when it was renovated - it was functional for maybe a year or less. It wasn't garish, (the lights were focussed on the building from each major mullion junction) so the condos across the street would not have been directly shone into.

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Originally Posted by giallo

I'm not normally a grammar Nazi, but 'lighted tops'? I believe the proper way to write it would be 'lit tops'. Lighted means to fall or descend.

Lighted and lit mean the same thing. Like spelled and spelt.

I think "illuminated" would maybe be more descriptive.