$2.5 million to light up CN Tower - WTF?!

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  • SilentKnight
    Megan Fox's fluffer
    • Oct 2005
    • 24818

    #1

    $2.5 million to light up CN Tower - WTF?!

    Rather fucked up priorities, if you ask me.


    Story here.
  • Bomber8888
    Confirmed User
    • Mar 2004
    • 1444

    #2
    I'm starring at it outside my window.... looks kinda cool but definitely ain't worth the money...
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    • jact
      Confirmed User
      • Sep 2002
      • 9134

      #3
      To me, it's kind of like lighting up the falls. The skyline just hasn't been the same since the tower went dark.
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      • WiredGuy
        Pounding Googlebot
        • Aug 2002
        • 34512

        #4
        I imagine lighting niagara falls would be much more expensive.
        WG
        I play with Google.

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        • DeadFidel
          Confirmed User
          • Jul 2003
          • 6764

          #5
          Yet 7 years later: Figure that shit out.BTW that's the WTC scene.

          Last edited by DeadFidel; 06-25-2007, 09:06 PM.

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          • SilentKnight
            Megan Fox's fluffer
            • Oct 2005
            • 24818

            #6
            Originally posted by WiredGuy
            I imagine lighting niagara falls would be much more expensive.
            WG
            "Power is supplied by the City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) Hydro Commission. It is estimated that the cost of illuminating the Falls including the services of an operator is approximately $85 per hour."


            http://www.niagarafrontier.com/illuminationlights.html

            "In 1997 and 1998, new fixtures replaced the outdated lamps and fixtures at the Illumination Tower, doubling the intensity of the lights on the Falls without doubling the hydro bills. Currently a total of twenty-one xenon lights, each with a 76-cm (30 in) diameter, are used to illuminate the Falls in a rainbow of colours. Eighteen are located at the Illumination Tower, beside the Queen Victoria Place and three are located below street level in the gorge opposite the American Falls. Each of the xenon spotlights produces more than 390 million peak beam and has a brilliance of 250 million candlepower."

            http://www.niagaraparks.com/nfgg/illumination.php

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            • Casa Nova
              Confirmed User
              • Mar 2007
              • 2867

              #7
              heres a pic of it being tested just the other day..


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              • DaddyHalbucks
                A freakin' legend!
                • Feb 2004
                • 18975

                #8
                LEDs are the way to go.

                A structure like that is never completely "practical;" it serves a valuable role as a symbol.

                If such a property isn't lit properly, it isn't much of a symbol.
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                • Casa Nova
                  Confirmed User
                  • Mar 2007
                  • 2867

                  #9
                  Heres some more:






                  It's really gonna brighten up the city skyline and look really nice! I cant wait to see it in person, i heard its even more incredible as it pulses etc.

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                  • DaddyHalbucks
                    A freakin' legend!
                    • Feb 2004
                    • 18975

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Casa Nova
                    heres a pic of it being tested just the other day..

                    Wow, that is SUPER cool!

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                    • fangtastic
                      fangtastic.net
                      • Oct 2006
                      • 20639

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Casa Nova
                      Heres some more:






                      It's really gonna brighten up the city skyline and look really nice! I cant wait to see it in person, i heard its even more incredible as it pulses etc.
                      Stunning pics!!!
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                      • Casa Nova
                        Confirmed User
                        • Mar 2007
                        • 2867

                        #12
                        Originally posted by fangtastic
                        Stunning pics!!!
                        Fang mssg me on icq when you get the chance 405009573

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                        • V_RocKs
                          Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
                          • Nov 2003
                          • 32449

                          #13
                          If poor people want money perhaps they should get better jobs?

                          People with money paid for those lights and paid for them on the basis of how much they could afford... You know... that whole part of taxes where I pay 30% so some low-life dishwasher with 6 kids can pay 18% or $1,800 and then claim Earned Income Credit and get back $3,500 of my fucking money.

                          Yeah... Light up the entire skyline for all I care... at least it might bring in some tourist money and reinvigorate the economy with all of the new jobs that it creates. Probably need some permits for that too... Even more money.

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                          • V_RocKs
                            Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
                            • Nov 2003
                            • 32449

                            #14
                            Originally posted by WiredGuy
                            I imagine lighting niagara falls would be much more expensive.
                            WG
                            That'd be so cool!

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                            • who
                              So Fucking Banned
                              • Aug 2003
                              • 19593

                              #15
                              I reckon a lot of people would rather they gave the city an extra public holiday, rather than lighting up that thing to dazzle the kiddies..

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                              • Gentle_Ben
                                Confirmed User
                                • Nov 2005
                                • 733

                                #16
                                I think it looks really good
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                                • yys
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Aug 2001
                                  • 1922

                                  #17
                                  Those pictures look great.

                                  I don't think the tower receives any tax dollars so who cares how they spend their money.

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                                  • BlackCrayon
                                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                                    • Jun 2003
                                    • 19634

                                    #18
                                    ottawa spends 21million on their canada day celebration alone.
                                    you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day..

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                                    • Bryan G
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Aug 2005
                                      • 8338

                                      #19
                                      looks great
                                      Bryan
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                                      • fris
                                        Too lazy to set a custom title
                                        • Aug 2002
                                        • 55679

                                        #20
                                        our tax dollars hard at work
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                                        • madawgz
                                          8.8.8.8
                                          • Mar 2006
                                          • 30509

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by Casa Nova
                                          heres a pic of it being tested just the other day..

                                          thats cool but i thought it would be brighter
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                                          • SilentKnight
                                            Megan Fox's fluffer
                                            • Oct 2005
                                            • 24818

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by V_RocKs
                                            If poor people want money perhaps they should get better jobs?

                                            People with money paid for those lights and paid for them on the basis of how much they could afford... You know... that whole part of taxes where I pay 30% so some low-life dishwasher with 6 kids can pay 18% or $1,800 and then claim Earned Income Credit and get back $3,500 of my fucking money.

                                            Yeah... Light up the entire skyline for all I care... at least it might bring in some tourist money and reinvigorate the economy with all of the new jobs that it creates. Probably need some permits for that too... Even more money.
                                            So...to you...there's only two issues - lighting the CN Tower or poor people.

                                            How about properly funding the mentally disabled that are currently roaming our streets after so many mental health facilities have been shut down across the province.

                                            How about additional funding for veteran rehabilitation?

                                            How about our more money for our shoddy road infrastructure?

                                            I wasn't suggesting handing more money over to a bunch of welfare bums. I'm thinking more in terms of deserving priorities.

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                                            • Theo
                                              HAL 9000
                                              • May 2001
                                              • 34515

                                              #23
                                              a blue and a red light, so fascinating lol

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                                              • tranza
                                                ICQ: 197-556-237
                                                • Jun 2003
                                                • 57559

                                                #24
                                                Damn, those pictures look amazing!!
                                                I'm just a newbie.

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