Top photo by Derek Berg/bottom two images by Steven
H/T Stacie Joy
Conspiracy theories abounded earlier today when a technician was spotted installing this apparatus in the central plaza of Tompkins Square Park... widespread speculation included that this was some type of surveillance equipment... or an açaí bowl machine...
After a bit of sleuthing and talking with sources from the Parks Department... we learned that it's a photoelectric light control and sensor to ensure the lights in Tompkins come on when it gets dark (since, in recent months, the lights have remained off overnight — like this time and this time).
The equipment, manufactured by Sunrise Technologies, as you know, an affiliate of Electro Switch Corp., is hooked up to the newish lightbox by the midblock entrance on Seventh Street.
6 comments:
Yeah sure, did the wizard casting a spell on it tell you all that? This website used to mean something.
There will surely be an increase in "birds" here now.
What is the guy wearing a cape? Was he one of the technicians?
Not a fan of wrapping that around a living tree. Seriously
Cool! Maybe this will help
why attached this to a tree?? There are plenty of lamp poles around where this could be attached to.
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