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You are here: Home / Media / International Press / Streetlight Fight in Rome: Golden Glow vs. Harsh LED

Streetlight Fight in Rome: Golden Glow vs. Harsh LED

March 27, 2017 Filed Under: International Press

The New York Times

“Look over there, at that ‘Virgin and Child,’ with that ugly lamp above it, casting such a harsh outline,” said Nathalie Naim, a municipal council member, pointing to a framed image on a wall.

Near the Colosseum, another outrage. “This used to produce a light with a golden halo, that soft and welcoming light that envelops you,” Ms. Naim lamented, nodding to one of the cast-iron lampposts that dot the city center. Alas, no more.

“I don’t want to make this personal,” Ms. Naim said, dramatically covering her eyes while passing through a bar-lined piazza, “but these horrible lights, mamma mia!”

 

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Filed Under: International Press Tagged With: Blue light, harsh street lighting, LED street lighting, led street lights, Rome street lighting

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