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Chicago to Become "North America's City of Lights"
Chicago, United States – January 24, 2014
Light-up Chicago, a new initiative to illuminate the city’s architectural gems, will extend tourism beyond downtown by also spotlighting neighborhoods and districts.
“It will make nighttime in Chicago an experience unto itself. It will make us North America’s city of lights. People will come from far and wide to see what we’ve done and enjoy our city,” said Mayor Rahm Emanuel at the Museum of Science and Industry.
Lou Razin, president of Broadway in Chicago, wishes artists, architects, and engineers to work together and make Chicago their canvas.
“It’s about creating a spectacle that winds up allowing us to be sensitive to the assets that we have, but making a pivot that takes the old guard to the vanguard. It’s not just washing a building with light. It’s about creating theater. It’s about engaging. It’s not just color. It’s three-dimensional. It’s really creating events in light,” said Razin.