A billion-dollar plan to demolish and rebuild the State Capitol annex, design an underground visitors center, and dig up part of our historic CapitolPark for an exclusive parking garage for legislators is at least partly ill-conceived and entirely ill-timed. But there is the potential to create something great, if we just invite more people into “the people’s house.”
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Sactown Magazine The Lights Fantastic Look down when you walk around town and you might spot some beautiful relics beneath your feet. Behold the magic of “vault lights” and how some cities are bringing them back to life. February 1, 2020 The Idea From the mid-1800s to the early 1900s, many cities around the world, including Sacramento, were built with subterranean rooms beneath the sidewalks that served as storage areas for streetfront merchants. And in the days before electricity was abundant, the most common way to brighten up these dark basement spaces was with “vault lights” (also known as sidewalk prisms or pavement lights) glass blocks or tiles inserted into the sidewalk to allow sunlight to flood the room below.