Though we mentioned it earlier in the week we thought it apropos to mention that our photos of the Tie Dyed Empire State Building made it right up to the top on Gothamist. Our hippie stoners intrepid reporters dug a little deeper…

It’s like the entire Big Apple had collectively ingested a few hits of Yellow Sunshine acid, then each and every tripping little urban hippie bent his/her neck back to properly gaze up at the glorious box of Crayolas melting across the crystalline spire of our city’s most treasured treasure as it reached upward for the heavens.

Angels soared, sirens sang and maidens howled in ecstatic rapture, as everything became one and one became all. OK, maybe it wasn’t that impressive, but it was pretty fucking cool.

The floodlights at the top of the Empire State Building — the 102-story art-deco skyscraper that became the tallest in NYC after the tragedies of 9/11/01 — bathe the highest floors of the tower in a variety of colors to celebrate various city-related events.

In addition to its standard white color, each night the tower beams anything from red/white/blue (Independence Day) to lavender/white (Pride Parade) to orange/black/white (Halloween), with special color schemes for other special events (after the death of Frank Sinatra, for example, the building was bathed in blue light in honor of “Ol’ Blue Eyes”). The Empire overseers take this shit seriously! If you don’t believe me, check out the schedule here.

But Nothing before could prepare viewers for the wild splash of electrifying hues that graced the top of the tower recently in honor of the New York Historical Society’s upcoming exhibition for jam-band legends the Grateful Dead.