Broadway goes green

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by Amy Judd | November 26, 2008 at 01:50 pm
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The lights on Broadway are not going out, but they will be turning 'green' soon.

The marquees in New York's Broadway Theatre District plan to save energy and the environment, and go a bit more green.

The 'Great White Way' where all the marquees are located, with all the billboard lights, will be the 'Great Green Way' according to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, as everyone tries to cut energy bills and lower the city's carbon output.

Already, 10 Broadway theaters have changed 10,000 exterior and interior bulbs to more energy efficient compact fluorescent bulbs as part of the initiative organized by the mayor, the Broadway League and the National Resources Defense Council.

Broadway theaters plan to do everything from washing their costumes in cold water to producing and disposing of sets in a more environmentally friendly way to lower the theater industry's carbon footprint, organizers said.

Several characters from Broadway shows made cameo appearances in support of the plan to lower carbon emissions.

Source: news.yahoo.com

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Adam Purple
Adam Purple

at 17:20 on November 26th, 2008

Now if we could only get Las Vegas to do the same.

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Uwe Paschen
Uwe Paschen

at 19:27 on November 26th, 2008

It is good News, however they are about 25 years behind Central Europe who just started to move to the next energy saving light generation being the LED lights.

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Dan_Dengler
Dan_Dengler

at 05:14 on November 27th, 2008

Forty-Second Street and Broadway (Times Square)

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hribera
hribera

at 10:37 on November 27th, 2008

Broadway at night is really awsome... I think I've ever seen that many lights in one place in my entire life...! You really have to go there and see it by your own eyes!

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Milieunet
Milieunet

at 21:21 on November 27th, 2008

Ok, better late than never

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