Why city-hall changes color?

[Orangettes]

I drove by the City Hall last night and it was illuminated in red but today it's back to normal white light.  Can anyone tell me why?  Was it about the first day of a month or sth?

[desmoquattro]

Might have been for the Moscone-Milk remembrance. But not sure.

[desmoquattro]

Wait...if it was red, it was for world AIDS day:
http://calibersf.com/2009/12/02/city-hall-coit-tower-go-red/

[Spidey]

I drove by the City Hall last night and it was illuminated in red but today it's back to normal white light.  Can anyone tell me why?  Was it about the first day of a month or sth?

That's normal.  It happens once a month and last anywhere from a coupla days to a week.   

[Desmostro]

That's normal.  It happens once a month and last anywhere from a coupla days to a week.   

City Hall menstruates?

[Spidey]

No, that's not what I meant at all.  

Well done, Captain Obvious.  It's much funnier now.

[remy]

A friend of mine runs this site http://whatcoloristheempirestatebuilding.com/

He's back in SF these days. Maybe I'll suggest he make one for City Hall. 

[Orangettes]

Wait...if it was red, it was for world AIDS day:
http://calibersf.com/2009/12/02/city-hall-coit-tower-go-red/

That was it!! 

I am just curious, how does it support anything by changing its color? 

[Spidey]

I am just curious, how does it support anything by changing its color?  

Example:  Someone passes by, wonders why it is red, goes on the internet, asks people.  Someone else tells that person it's for World AIDS day.  By lighting it up, they just raised awareness not just in the person who saw it but all the people who read the thread.  

It's also a branding thing.  Folks are more likely to buy the red phone or the red computer or the red whatever because the red represents a brand.  Part of teh money from that purchase is donated to charity. 

[DanTheMan]

Well it looks like they failed at their attempt "spread the word" i didnt know what it was till i read this thread.

[ducati_tim]

Coit tower was red, too.

[remy]

Well it looks like they failed at their attempt "spread the word" i didnt know what it was till i read this thread.

Example:  Someone passes by, wonders why it is red, goes on the internet, asks people.  Someone else tells that person it's for World AIDS day.  By lighting it up, they just raised awareness not just in the person who saw it but all the people who read the thread.  

[Popeye the Sailor]

Nothing I can't drink away. I insist I've learned nothing.

[Desmostro]

   doing. 

Quote from: DanTheMan on Today at 09:56:27 AM
Well it looks like they failed at their attempt "spread the word" i didnt know what it was till i read this thread.

Quote from: Spidey on Today at 07:18:05 AM
Example:  Someone passes by, wonders why it is red, goes on the internet, asks people.  Someone else tells that person it's for World AIDS day.  By lighting it up, they just raised awareness not just in the person who saw it but all the people who read the thread. 

[desmoquattro]

From now on, every time I look at my property tax bill (valuations actually increased from 2008), feed those extra quarters into motorcycle parking meters ($0.70/hr!), pay a BS parking ticket (anticipates Spidey rant), rip a DPW notice to pay for unneeded sidewalk repairs off my building ($35 per square permit fee), or stand in line for hours at the Department of Building Inspection to pay exorbitant fees to replace my exterior windows, I'll think of the red lights at City Hall...and how PG&E is making off with all my hard-earned money.

Every time the city puts up a new light, a taxpayer dies.

Sorry...just cynical today.