[volguus zildrohar]

I've got mixed feelings on things like this.

Lighting features like that can be stunning but I feel that some buildings shouldn't get the wacky colors. The Helmsley is one of my favorites in Manhattan - I'm a sucker for masonry and facades like that, particularly on buildings that magnificent, should have more conservative color schemes I feel.

Several buildings of the same vintage along Philadelphia's Broad Street have been lit that way for a few years now and while I like the lights sometimes the louder purples and pinks get to me. Fall hues I guess - reds, yellows, golds, white, maybe green - look better on them. Save the neon shades for younger facades.