ESB in the Movies
Find out what great movies used the ESB as a backdrop. Movies such as Sleepless in Seattle, When Harry Met Sally and An Affair to Remember – to see what other movies the ESB makes appearances in click on the link above.

EPA Energy Star
The Empire State Building Becomes a Charter Member of the Energy Star Building Label Program.

Broadcasting
From high atop the Empire State Building, above the 86th floor Observation Deck, Metro Networks monitors traffic conditions in the metropolitan New York area by way of two broadcast cameras and microwave antennas…

Visitors and observers from near and far should not take the lighting of the Empire State Building for granted because there are always interesting and interactive events planned throughout the year. As a focal point for displays, gatherings, and promotions, the Tower Lights just might surprise you with how often they change!

Below is a list of the upcoming Tower Light themes. For a detailed timeline of how the Tower Lights have evolved, please visit the Tower Lights History page.

Tower lights go off every night at 2:00 AM.

	Date Colors Occasion 04/08/2010 - 04/15/2010 White/White/White ESB Lighting 04/07/2010 Blue/Yellow/Red The White House Project, Annual EPIC Awards 04/05/2010 - 04/06/2010 White/White/White ESB Lighting 04/02/2010 - 04/04/2010 Green/Pink/Yellow Easter 04/01/2010 Blue/Blue/Blue Autism Speaks, Autism Awareness Month 03/28/2010 - 03/31/2010 White/White/White ESB Lighting 03/27/2010 Lights off Lights off from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. – World Wildlife Fund, Earth Hour 2010 03/22/2010 - 03/26/2010 White/White/White ESB Lighting 03/19/2010 - 03/21/2010 White/Red/White New York Red Bulls, Grand Opening of Red Bull Arena 03/18/2010 White/White/White ESB Lighting 03/17/2010 Green/Green/Green St. Patrick's Day, Annual New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade on Fifth Avenue 03/05/2010 - 03/16/2010 White/White/White ESB Lighting 03/04/2010 Yellow/Blue/Red WNET.ORG, Celebration of Teaching and Learning 03/01/2010 - 03/03/2010 White/White/White ESB Lighting 02/26/2010 - 02/28/2010 North side: Blue/Black/Blue East side: Yellow/Black/Yellow South side: Green/Black/Green West side: Red/Black/Red Olympic Ring Colors - Winter Olympics 2010, Closing Ceremony Weekend 02/23/2010 - 02/25/2010 White/White/White ESB Lighting 02/22/2010 Green/Blue/Green Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, International Corporate Philanthropy Day 02/17/2010 - 02/21/2010 White/White/White ESB Lighting 02/16/2010 Red/Yellow/Red Lunar New Year 02/15/2010 Red/White/Blue President's Day 02/12/2010 - 02/14/2010 Red/Pink/White Valentine's Day 02/09/2010 - 02/11/2010 White/White/White ESB Lighting 02/08/2010 New Orleans Saints (Yellow/Black/Yellow) Team colors of Super Bowl winner 02/06/2010 - 02/07/2010 North/South sides: New Orleans Saints (Yellow/Black/Yellow) East/West sides: Indianapolis Colts (Blue/White/Blue) Super Bowl lighting 02/05/2010 Red/Red/Red American Heart Association, National Wear Red Day 02/03/2010 - 02/04/2010 White/White/White ESB Lighting 02/02/2010 Blue/Blue/Red Empire State Building Run-Up 01/25/2010 - 02/01/2010 White/White/White ESB Lighting 01/22/2010 - 01/24/2010 Green/White/Green New York Jets, AFC Championship Against the Indianapolis Colts 01/19/2010 - 01/21/2010 White/White/White ESB Lighting 01/18/2010 Red/Black/Green Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 01/15/2010 - 01/17/2010 Green/White/Green New York Jets, Divisional Playoff Game Against the San Diego Chargers 01/08/2010 - 01/14/2010 White/White/White ESB Lighting 01/07/2010 Blue/Blue/Blue NASDAQ, 10th Anniversary 12/23/2009 - 01/06/2010 Red/Green/Green Christmas 12/21/2009 - 12/22/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 12/11/2009 - 12/20/2009 Blue/White/Blue Chanukah 12/07/2009 - 12/10/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 12/04/2009 - 12/06/2009 Blue/Blue/Blue Cambridge in America, Cambridge University's 800th Anniversary 11/30/2009 - 12/03/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 11/25/2009 - 11/29/2009 Red/Orange/Yellow Thanksgiving 11/24/2009 Blue/White/Yellow NASCAR, 4th Consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship Win for Jimmie Johnson 11/23/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 11/20/2009 - 11/22/2009 Orange/Blue/Blue Madison Square Boys & Girls Club, 125th Anniversary 11/18/2009 - 11/19/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 11/17/2009 Green/White/Red Opening Night of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular 11/16/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 11/14/2009 - 11/15/2009 Blue/Blue/White Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, World Diabetes Day 11/13/2009 Purple/Purple/White March of Dimes Foundation, Prematurity Awareness Day 11/12/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 11/11/2009 Red/White/Blue Veteran's Day 11/10/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 11/09/2009 Red/Red/Red Big Apple Circus, Opening Night Gala 11/05/2009 - 11/08/2009 Blue/White/Blue New York Yankees 2009 World Series Champions 11/04/2009 Blue/White/Blue New York Yankees in 2009 World Series (Game #6 at home vs. Philadelphia Phillies) 11/03/2009 Red/White/Blue Election Day 11/02/2009 Blue/Yellow/White The Cooper Union, 150th Anniversary 11/01/2009 Orange/White/Blue New York Road Runners, 2009 ING New York City Marathon 10/30/2009 - 10/31/2009 Orange/Black/White Halloween 10/29/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 10/28/2009 Purple/Blue/Yellow Only Make Believe, 10th Anniversary and Annual Gala 10/26/2009 - 10/27/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 10/23/2009 - 10/25/2009 Purple/Purple/White Alzheimer's Association, 2009 Memory Walk 10/22/2009 Yellow/Yellow/Yellow Afterschool Alliance – Lights on Afterschool 10/21/2009 Red/Red/Red Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 50th Birthday 10/20/2009 Purple/Red/Red Gabrielle's Angel Foundation, Gabrielle’s Gala 10/19/2009 Psychedelic Tie-Dye Colors New York Historical Society's Benefit for Grateful Dead Exhibition and Archive 10/16/2009 - 10/18/2009 Yellow/Yellow/Yellow El Museo del Barrio, Grand Re-Opening 10/15/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 10/14/2009 Purple/Purple/White New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence Awareness Month 10/13/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 10/09/2009 - 10/12/2009 Red/White/Green Columbus Day 10/08/2009 Orange/Orange/White Jumpstart, Read for the Record 10/05/2009 - 10/07/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 10/02/2009 - 10/04/2009 Blue/Blue/White American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 125th Anniversary 09/30/2009 - 10/01/2009 Red/Yellow/Red 60th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China 09/25/2009 - 09/29/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 09/24/2009 Red/Red/Red The Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary and the Ruby Slipper Collection 09/21/2009 - 09/23/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 09/20/2009 Green/Green/Green Eid-al-Fitr 09/18/2009 - 09/19/2009 Yellow/Red/Black 52nd Annual Steuben Day Parade 09/17/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 09/16/2009 Purple/Yellow/White FFAWN Foundation, GUCCI for FFAWN Day 09/15/2009 Blue/Blue/Blue United Nations General Assembly 09/12/2009 - 09/14/2009 Yellow/Yellow/Yellow United States Tennis Association, US Open Finals Weekend 09/11/2009 Red/White/Blue In Memory of September 11 09/10/2009 Orange/Orange/White Food Bank New York City, NYC Goes Orange 09/09/2009 Pink/Pink/White Susan G. Komen for the Cure, City in Pink 09/08/2009 Orange/Orange/Orange 400th Anniversary of Henry Hudson's Journey on the Hudson River 09/04/2009 - 09/07/2009 Red/White/Blue Labor Day 09/01/2009 - 09/03/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 08/31/2009 Yellow/Yellow/Yellow United States Tennis Association, US Open Opening Night 08/17/2009 - 08/30/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 08/14/2009 - 08/16/2009 Green/White/Orange Federation of Indian Associations, 29th Annual India Day Parade 08/06/2009 - 08/13/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 07/14/2009 Blue/Yellow/White National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Centennial Anniversary 07/06/2009 - 07/13/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 07/02/2009 - 07/05/2009 Red/White/Blue Independence Day 06/30/2009 - 07/01/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 06/29/2009 Colors TBD Mets and Yankees "Subway Series", Team colors of Subway Series winner 06/26/2009 - 06/28/2009 Lavender/Lavender/White Heritage of Pride, NYC Pride 2009 06/18/2009 - 06/25/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 06/17/2009 Red/White/Blue United States Golf Association, U.S. Open 06/16/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 06/15/2009 Colors TBD Mets and Yankees "Subway Series", Team colors of Subway Series winner 06/12/2009 - 06/14/2009 Blue/Green/Yellow Caribbean Tourism Development Company, Caribbean Week 2009 06/09/2009 - 06/11/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 06/08/2009 Blue/Blue/Blue National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, United Nations World Ocean Day 06/05/2009 - 06/07/2009 Green/Green/Green Asia Society, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), and New York University Center for Dialogues - Muslim Voices: Arts & Ideas 06/04/2009 Green/White/Green New York Racing Association, Belmont Stakes 06/01/2009 - 06/03/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 05/29/2009 - 05/31/2009 Blue/White/Blue Israel Tribute Committee, Salute to Israel Parade 05/27/2009 - 05/28/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 05/21/2009 - 05/26/2009 Red/White/Blue Fleet Week/Memorial Day 05/20/2009 Blue/White/Blue Columbia University, 2009 Commencement 05/18/2009 - 05/19/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 05/15/2009 - 05/17/2009 Yellow/White/Blue Fire Department of New York, National EMS Week 05/14/2009 Red/Red/Red 2009 AIDS Walk New York 05/13/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 05/12/2009 Purple/Purple/White New York University, 2009 Commencement 05/11/2009 Purple/Orange/White Lincoln Center, 50th Anniversary 05/09/2009 - 05/10/2009 Blue/Yellow/Blue European Union, E.U. Day 05/08/2009 Blue/Blue/Blue Police Memorial Week Kick-Off 04/24/2009 - 05/07/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 04/23/2009 Green/Green/Green Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 25th Anniversary 04/22/2009 Green/Green/Green Earth Day and Nickelodeon "Power Down" (Lights off for 60 seconds at 9 p.m.) 04/17/2009 - 04/21/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 04/16/2009 Blue/White/Blue New York Yankees, Opening Day 04/14/2009 - 04/15/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 04/13/2009 Blue/Orange/Blue New York Mets, Opening Night 04/09/2009 - 04/12/2009 Green/Pink/Yellow Easter 04/08/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 04/07/2009 Orange/Orange/White American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), ASPCA Day - Go Orange for Animals 04/06/2009 Green/Green/Green Empire State Building Sustainability 03/31/2009 - 04/05/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 03/30/2009 Green/Green/Green National Resources Defense Council, 11th Annual Forces for Nature Benefit 03/29/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 03/28/2009 Lights off from 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. World Wildlife Fund, Earth Hour 2009 03/25/2009 - 03/27/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 03/24/2009 White/Red/White Major League Baseball, World Baseball Classic Champion - Japan 03/18/2009 - 03/23/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting 03/17/2009 Green/Green/Green New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade, St. Patrick's Day 03/06/2009 - 03/16/2009 White/White/White ESB Lighting NOTE:  Colors are listed from bottom to top as they appear from the street.             Tower lights go off every night at 2:00 AM.

During spring and fall bird migration seasons and particularly on cloudy, humid and/or foggy nights, when large numbers of birds are seen flying near the building, the tower lights are turned off. Observatory personnel on the 86th floor outdoor deck notify the engineers. The birds are attracted by the lights and there is a danger they will fly into the building and be killed.