Empire State Building getting LED lights
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The Empire State Building will replace its traditional tower lights with an innovative computerized system allowing for endless color combinations.
The iconic skyscraper has partnered with the Massachusetts-based Philips Color Kinetics to install the new LED fixtures.
The system includes a palette of more than 16 million colors, compared to 10 used now.
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Currently, it takes a team several hours to change the building's 400 fixtures. With LED lights, the color changes to the building's facade and mast can be made in real-time.
Building owner Anthony Malkin says the energy-efficient technology will be installed by September.
Last week, the skyscraper lost its status as the city's tallest building to the World Trade Center being built in lower Manhattan.
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The company is a division of Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands.