NEW YORK — The facade of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York was inaugurated this Tuesday, for the first time in its history, lighting its facade, thanks to the initiative of a Spanish company in this iconic temple on Fifth Avenue.
The Spanish company that came up with the project and managed to convince the church is Coolture, which installed it for free from today until the end of February between 6pm and midnight, i.e. during the Christmas holiday peak and several other weeks, Ana Calvo de Luis, director of the company, explained to EFE.
St. Patrick thus joined two of New York’s most emblematic monuments in terms of Christmas lighting: the gigantic Rockefeller Center Christmas tree (which, by the way, “lights up” tomorrow Wednesday) and the Saks department store, both in near the cathedral, and in one of the busiest and most visited areas of New York.
Strange as it may seem, the cathedral, despite being one of the main tourist destinations in the Big Apple, did not have any external lighting until Tuesday, and Coolture’s idea is that this lighting will continue for the rest of the year if they can collect the funds for its financing.
The lighting, which was created without external intervention (that is, coming from inside) is amber in colour, even if these are LED lights and can be adjusted to other shades, according to the preference of the cathedral managers.
