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The lights are on at Bicentennial Plaza, A REALTOR® Community Partnership, marking a significant milestone in the pedestrian walkway’s construction.
Association staffers and representatives of the design and construction teams working on the project got a demonstration of the high-tech light system which is a signature feature of the plaza on Wednesday, June 27. Strands of lights, which form a web connecting 16 towers lining Bicentennial Plaza, can be programmed to change color and blink in pre-set patterns.
Lights can be pre-programmed to appear in patterns and in many colors at Bicentennial Plaza.
“This is the first test of the computerized lighting system which generates colors,” said Gary L. Clayton, Illinois REALTORS® CEO. “It will be something that we will use to commemorate holidays as well as special events and things like that.”
And yes, one of the settings will allow the lights to shine in REALTOR® blue, he said.
At the demonstration David K. Warfell, owner of David K. Warfell Lighting Designs said the lights can be programmed with new patterns and colors. He demonstrated an array of settings, including red and green for Christmas and red, white and blue for July 4.
The lights can be set to stay on in a static pattern, or as was demonstrated Wednesday, they can create sequences that simulate ghosts flying through a Halloween sky or a waving American flag.
An employee of David K. Warfell Lighting Designs runs through a demonstration of the various light shows that can be used at Bicentennial Plaza.
Bicentennial Plaza, which will link several of Springfield’s historic sites is expected to be completed July 14, and contractors are putting the finishing touches on the project. Most of the brickwork for the plaza has been finished, and programming the lights was one of the last big jobs left on the $2.3 million construction job.
The light strands are there to give the impression that there is a false ceiling. The towers along the sides of the plaza provide the walls, said Kent Massie, landscape architect with Massie Massie & Associates in Springfield.
Massie said the inspiration came from seeing what other cities do with lights during the holidays.
“Light is something that draws people,” Massie said. “I think this will be a nice complement to this part of downtown.”
