External Lighting
The Terminal Tower was lit when it opened in 1930. A strobe light on top of the tower rotated 360 degrees. It helped ships in Cleveland's port and airplane pilots landing at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. In the 1960s, the strobe was retired and replaced with conventional aircraft warning lights. The tower only once went dark, during the Northeast Blackout of 2003.
The Terminal Tower is lit in a golden color at night, but for special occasions it is lit in seasonal colors (e.g., red and green during the Christmas holiday season). After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the building was lit in red, white, and blue. The colored lighting is accomplished with a Light Emitting Diode lighting system.
The Terminal Tower is lit like New York City's Empire State Building. Many Cleveland social and medical groups light the Terminal for their causes. In February, the Terminal is red for the American Heart Association Go Red for Women campaign. The Terminal has been bathed in blue for Autism Awareness. Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness. Also some of Cleveland's ethnic groups have had the Terminal lit in their ethnic colors. The Terminal goes Green on Saint Patricks Day. On Polish Constitution Day Usually May 3, Cleveland's Pol-Am community lights the Terminal in red and white for Poland. When Bishop Anthony Pilla was made President of the USNCCB-or the Conference of Catholic Bishops in 1995, the Terminal was lit in red, green, and white by Cleveland's Italian American community.
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