How about the absurd amount of electricity the city is using while lighting areas that aren't in use?
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "rzick1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "wernerapnj" <wernerapnj@> wrote: > > > > > > Mr. Right makes the query of lighting. Clearly a word play in an > > attempt to belittle a serious topic that effects Asbury Park. > > > > I have refrained from discussions since they appear to be fruitless > > the past several weeks, however, I will take this bait and trolling > > tactic. > > > > Most recently the Berkeley Hotel installed a flood light on top of its > > SE wing which is the latest example of excess. This particular fixture > > glares all the way to Grand Avenue and beyond. > > > > It is visible from Main Street which is approximately a half mile away. > > > > This latest affront to proper design adds to the already established > > industrial ambiance apparently so desired by our conscientious developers. > > > > Glare, energy waste, dark-sky degradation, over lighting, > > aesthetics... all legitimate concerns that receive no attention and > > spiral out of control. I've about given up hope that the obvious > > negative impacts will ever be acknowledged. > > > > Asbury Park would be a better place if attention to all aspects of > > design and development were considered. Instead contentment is found > > in making 'light' of the subject and berating the messenger. > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/files/WernerAPNJ/ > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/message/41066 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/message/40668 > > > Werner, > I couldn't agree with you more about the light pollution from the Berkeley. > > I live on the block North of the Berkeley on Sixth Avenue (North Beach). A > few months > ago, they installed industrial lighting on the North side of the hotel which > shines directly > into my bedroom windows. I've contacted and spoke with Bill Gray and Angel > Milette in > code enforcement and Barbara Van Wagner in Planning/Zoning for the City. The > light > continues to shine in my windows. > > Any thoughts on how I can get the lights turned off? > Many thanks, > Bob > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
