Whats with the lights downtown???

[nebugeater]

There was a a power outage in the area of The Woodmen a few days ago. Perhaps there are still complications.

I saw a video from an office across from the Woodman repelled down off ropes from 2/3 of the way up from a window washing platform during the outage.

[GenX]

While on the topic....it would be nice if the CHI Center could keep all their lights working for more than a month too. Every time I drive by, at least one section on the LED is out. Not to mention the lettering (I think right now it reads "O_aha")

That’s an improvement, it used to say “O a a”

[nebport5]

While the Woodmen still suffers from a light stroke(perhaps construction related), I'm wondering if the utility upgrades are perhaps having an unexpected benefit?

On an evening walk I noticed that The Orpheum Tower had a few cornice lights illuminated! I don't recall ever seeing this before. It looks to be completely random and the one on the west side goes off and then briefly on. (second pic)









What a shame and missed opportunity that most of these historic buildings with ornate rooflines remain in the dark. Imagine if 16th St and the Howard St/Flatiron adjacent structures were all lit in unison.

I recall before Jean left office she said they had a plan for revitalizing 16th St. I have to wonder if that's still in play and if so does it entail more than successive office to residential conversions by Heistand/Nustyle?

That and what the heck was the "tower district"!?

[Brad]

Unfortunately, the east side of the Woodman is still dark.

[skinzfan23]

Yes and CHI, as usual, doesn’t have the blue led light working on the arena part. Hasn’t been for months.

[nebport5]

I was under the impression utility work is the culprit here, particularly in the case of the Woodmen, but now I'm wondering if there's another issue.