JERUSALEM WILL SOON BE TURNED INTO A CITY OF PERPETUAL DAY IN AN EFFORT TO COMBAT TERRORISM ON ITS STREETS.
POWERFUL “DAYLIGHT” FLOODLAMPS WILL BE ERECTED AT ALL THE PRINCIPAL CROSSINGS IN THE CITY. FIFTEEN STANDS OF THESE LIGHTS, COSTING £200 ($1,000) EACH, HAVE BEEN ORDERED IN ENGLAND FOR DELIVERY THIS MONTH AND THEIR ERECTION WILL START BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THE COST IS BEING MET BY THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
THE LAMPS THROW A BRIGHT GREENISH-BLUE LIGHT, SIMILAR TO THE COOPER-HEWITT LIGHT USED IN FILM STUDIOS, ILLUMINATING A RADIUS OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET SO BRIGHTLY THAT FINE PRINT CAN BE READ WITH EASE. A SET OF FOUR WAS INSTALLED RECENTLY IN THE SQUARE BETWEEN THE POST OFFICE AND THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, WHERE JAFFA ROAD AND SULEIMAN ROAD MEET. THIS INSTALLATION CREATES A GLARE OF BLUE LIGHT, THE MOST CONSPICUOUS NIGHT-TIME SIGHT IN THE HOLY CITY. THE FIFTEEN NEW STANDS WILL TURN JERUSALEM’S MAIN ARTERIES INTO RIVERS OF BLUE. LATER THE CITY COUNCIL PLANS TO SET UP STILL MORE OF THE LAMPS.
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