Greening Grand Central
Other | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 | Matt Chaban.
Today, the MTA replaced the last of Grand Central Terminal’s 4,000 incandescent bulbs. Here’s a video and some photos from the event.
The chandelier before being lowered.
Its four siblings alight behind it.
Ready for my retrofit.
New bulbs meet old.
Installing the new lights.
And presto.
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[...] Central Station gets greener: a video of electricians replacing incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescents on a giant egg-shaped chandelier. (Architect’s Newspaper [...]
Some of those chandliers are awesome, especially the chandeliers globe and the multi coloured pendant light! Good article and great examples!