[AsburyPark] Re: Logic ????

2008-11-28 Thread New Beetoap
Many communities adopt lighting design standards because they recognize its the right thing to do. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Jack Pitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, but why should Ocean Grove have to deal with AP's excessive lighting? And why should the city be paying huge

[AsburyPark] Re: Logic ????

2008-11-25 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, wernerapnj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Things were done a certain way in 1900 Therefore - it should be done that way now. 'Brilliant' Logic. I'm going to rip out my kitchen floor and go back to dirt. Then run outside to the outhouse and ... Or

[AsburyPark] Re: Logic ????

2008-11-25 Thread Jack Pitzer
Yeah, but why should Ocean Grove have to deal with AP's excessive lighting? And why should the city be paying huge electric bills for lights that are on at times when there's nobody around? Appropriate lighting is great. Excessive lighting, like what we currently have, is a waste, not

[AsburyPark] Re: Logic ????

2008-11-25 Thread Jack Pitzer
From National Geographic; Of all the pollutions we face, light pollution is perhaps the most easily remedied. Simple changes in lighting design and installation yield immediate changes in the amount of light spilled into the atmosphere and, often, immediate energy savings. It was once

[AsburyPark] Re: Logic ????

2008-11-25 Thread cwpvt
I don't think anyone wants the city to be dark and unsafe, what I object to, are the types of lighting. Parts of town look like a railyard, and nothing looks warm and inviting under mercury vapor street lighting. You could twice as much light of the proper type on the boardwalk and it would

[AsburyPark] Re: Logic ????

2008-11-25 Thread Jack Pitzer
You are right, and Ocean Groves boardwalk lighting is absolutely perfect, and could be used as a model as to what would be nice on our boardwalk and in the surrounding areas. Same goes for the lighting on the promenade leading to the Auditorium. Just right, not over bright, and not flooding

[AsburyPark] Re: Logic ????

2008-11-25 Thread dapawprint
Exactly. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, cwpvt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think anyone wants the city to be dark and unsafe, what I object to, are the types of lighting. Parts of town look like a railyard, and nothing looks warm and inviting under mercury vapor street lighting.

[AsburyPark] Re: Logic ????

2008-11-25 Thread oakdorf
The north end of the Long Branch hsa nice lighting as well as do alot of the other boardwalks now. OG is good Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual