City’s towers in LED arms race to get brightest spot in skyline

The city’s biggest buildings are vying for the brightest spot in the skyline — putting on kaleidoscopic displays as flashy as a Pink Floyd concert with the help of computerized LEDs. The illuminating arms race is being led by the iconic Empire State Building, which since 2012 has staged light shows for the Super Bowl, Christmas, Halloween, the Fourth of July and New Year’s Eve.