July 27, 2009

NightSeeing Map illuminates NYC's light makers

Although the architects usually get the attention, New York City’s ligting designers get the spotlight in the NightSeeing Map, which was released earlier this year by the Illuminating Engineering Society and Designers Lighting Forum of New York.

The map comes with its own self-guided walking tours of Uptown, Midtown, Downtown and a route through the villages. The guide hits the outer boroughs as well, including the “This Way” installation at the Brooklyn pedestrian entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge by Tillett Lighting Design.

Not all of the tour is outdoors, as you’ll also be guided into the Hall of Ocean Life at the American Museum of Natural History. The lighting design by Brandston Partnership, which features programmed “underwater shadows,” won the 2004 Lumen Award of Excellence.

The online version is free, but hard-copy can be purchased at The Center for Architecture at 536 LaGuardia Place; GL Lites On Showroom at 511 W. Canal Street; or the Times Square Information Center on 7th Avenue between 46th and 47th streets.

July 27, 2009 1:10 PM in Architecture, Cheap Stuff, Downtown, Kids, Maps, Midtown, Museums, Out of Manhattan, Sightsology, Techology, Tours, Upper East Side, Upper West Side

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