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Photograph of the Empire State Building last night by Digiart2001 on Flickr
To celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah, you may have noticed that the Empire State Building's lights have been split: Two sides are blue and white (for Hanukkah) while the other two are red and green (for Christmas). The lights remain split through January 6, 2009.
Tomorrow, on Christmas Day, government offices, schools, and the stock and bond markets are closed (though schools in NJ and Connecticut have the "option to close"). There is no sanitation pickup or street cleaning and public transit is running on Saturday, Sunday or holiday schedules. Also, there is only Express Mail postal services; all branches are closed except the Farley branch at 32nd Street and 8 Avenue in Midtown.
Wherever you are spending your holiday, Gothamist wishes you happiness and good health.
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i'm looking forward to reading an angry/snarky comment by Nick S in this post.
The colored lights on the Empire State Building make it look cheesy.
No lights for Kwanzaa? That's racist!
Seriously, I'm sure Kwanzaa-bot is tired of handing out the traditional holiday book "What the hell is Kwanzaa?"
I wonder if this is the first time the lights have been split... I don't remember ever seeing them do that.
@glennQNYC
they did it during the Olympics too, showing flags on all four sides.
And according to the lighting schedule on the ESB site, this split ends on Dec. 28.