The Empire State Building, whose lights change with the seasons, is getting an upgrade. Both Color Kinetics and Philips Electronics are competing for a new contract to install LEDs on the skyscraper, allowing for new colors and patterns to be shone on the side of the building. While I’m all for an upgrade with brighter, more efficient lights, the idea of a giant American flag or some cheesy fireworks animations for the 4th of July being slapped up there just seems really tacky. But hey, they didn’t ask me, so look for some tourist-slow-walking-inducing lights to be installed on the iconic structure sometime next year.