Empire State Lights
If you live in New York City, you might have wondered what the Empire State light's represent. The red, white and blue on American holidays is always easy to tell. So is the pale pink and green during Easter. There was a small article in last week's New York Times, which told the keys to some of the more unusual ones. For example, the tower goes pink and white in September for "Race for the Cure" for Breast Cancer. In October, they light up in purple, teal and white for the National Osteoporosis Society. October 3rd, the German Reunification day, turns the building's top to black, yellow and red. They also celebrate India Independence Day with green, white and orange and Portugal Day on June 10th with red, yellow and green. They have Pulaski Day with red and white in October and blue, white and blue for Hanukkah.
The article also mentions that the building has a policy of not honoring commercial products, corporate events or private occasions. An exception was when in March 1995, the building went blue to celebrate the announcement of the blue M&Ms.
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