This past weekend, I got to attend the Downtown Lighting Festival at Brenton Skating Plaza, afterwards I was taking some pictures of all the beautiful lights around downtown. I think Des Moines has done an excellent job this year with it’s lighting. The tree lined streets around downtown host a variety of light colors on the trees, especially in the East Village and around the Allied Headquarters.

I do have a complaint, what’s up with the Ruan Building, our second tallest building downtown? In years past, it used to be lit up with either white or red lights as shown in this photo.

I know it can be expensive to light up the building with incandescent bulbs, but if they laid out some initial cash to buy LEDs, they should be able to run those year-round. Just take a look at some examples that I have found from around the world that illustrate what a difference LED lights can make. The Ruan Building could be very creative in their use.

Here are just a few photos that I took, I will promise to add to this in the coming weeks.

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