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If the Parachute Jump, the famed thrill ride that operated at Coney Island between 1941 and 1964, was once compared to a flower, the 277-foot structure had become a spent dandelion by the late '90s--planners of a new minor league baseball stadium even feared the jump might topple onto it. In July, the Brooklyn icon bloomed once again, with the launch of a new integral lighting installation designed by Leni Schwendinger Light Projects.
For Schwendinger, lighting designs explore "what's possible with light above and beyond safety and security." She adds, "What's interesting about this way of working with light and lighting in the urban context is...