Cloud Coverage
Thursday, January 28, 2010
My boss sent us this at work today. With the Olympics coming up, Vancouver is getting amazing media coverage and publicity. This video was sent to all the staff because it has several of the office buildings my firm designed in it; but I'm posting it because it's a very different and powerful view of Vancouver's city landscape. When you look at the clouds, you can only imagine the rain we get.
Posted byPiper at 12:31 AM 0 comments
Downtown at 6:00
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Today, I listened to a song by Seabears as I waited for the 22 bus to pull up to my stop...still waiting after the 44 was already full and passed by twice. One of the best things about waiting for your bus downtown is being there when 6:00 rolls around. All the office buildings, including the one I work in, typically have automatic timers to turn off the lights on all their floors at 6PM sharp. This is to avoid wasting energy, and if there are still people present on the floors, they just have to go turn them back on.
When you stand down on the street at 6:00, like I do waiting for my bus, all the towers that are lit up in the early evening go black, and for a split second, it's dark and quiet. Floors go dark one after another until all the tall office towers are like large shadows against the already dark sky.
It's almost a phenomenal event to see them all go black and dim; and the most interesting thing is that no one notices. On the streets, everyone keeps their heads down to mind their own business; I feel as if I'm the only one who is looking up.
Then, only 10 seconds later, the lights slower flicker back on.
Lifeless to glowing. Silent to loud.
You can't really capture this with pictures. It's a small thing you have to experience. But I thought I'd share the song I was listening to today when 6:00 came around; for some reason, it seemed appropriate. ...I don't know why.
Seabears - Arms
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