domes’ after-dark lighting continues alien references
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You remember these little oddities, right?
We do too, thanks to new Downtown blog In Los Angeles, On Los Angeles, who points out the out-of-this-world landscaping and art project installed last June at the forked intersection of Main and Spring is now being lit at night.
After first appearing on the street, the local media and area bloggers had a field day sounding off their clever descriptions, relating the domes to “giant, intergalactic Sno-Cones” and an “alien landscape.”
During the day that comparison is questionable, but at night these things are undeniably extra-terrestrial. The strands of tube lights grooved around the tops of the domes look chilling similar to the original Alien movie poster.
Cue the voice-over: In the Fashion District at night, no one can hear you scream.
What do you think: Are these Fashion District domes fashionable?
-Public Art Makes an Impression (Downtown News)
16 comments
Okay, I can feel these things at night. I like them.
During the day, though… Not so much.
Where are the smurfs? J/K.
light at night is good no matter what
Design wise, not my favorite though.
if the entire domes actually glowed it would be fresh, but instead its just a lame tube light around the top. whats up with that?
^That’s exactly what they are… and it is does look lame in person.
they should have put a nice fountain there.
I like them during the day and at night because they add nice pops of color to that intersection. The ground cover still looks scraggly though, enough for me to mistake it as weeds.
In the picture it does look kinda cool, but I attribute that more to Mr. Fridays skill with the camera than to how it looks in person. A slight improvement to at night, true, but overall the design still fails. “little oddities”
they get props for creativity
Saw them for the first time recently.
My first thought was how great a location for a few mature trees and plenty of flowers.
Apparently sno-cones are more popular.
i think they’re cool. really. and once those trees have grown a little bigger it will look even better.
It’s certainly interesting.
I think a fountain would look weird in the middle of the street. I’m trying to picture it there, but I’m afraid it would just be used as one big urinal like that gawd awful water feature by First Cuppe Caffe.
Plus, a lot of fountains are being turned off all around the city for water conservation like in all the state buildings…the big waterfall in the Ronald Reagan building has been bone dry the last few months at the order of Guh-vuh-na-tuh Schwarznegger and i think I remember seeing similar fates for some fountains at Union Station.
What 9th and Main/Spring used to look like circa 1917 with — you guessed it — a fountain: http://digarc.usc.edu/assetserver/controller/view/chs-m649/CHS-5767
Of course, that was also a nice little stop on the streetcar line.
Now I can picture it, looks nice! How do you find these things so quickly….
Haha, I think I like the domes. I’m a fan of odd touches like that.
I love that picture Rich, They should put a building between those two streets like the flatiron in New York.