These 7 Landmarks Awesomely Turned Purple For Prince

At 10 p.m. last night L.A. City Hall became one of dozens of buildings across the country to go purple in memory of the iconic performer Prince. Here are 7 of our favorites:

City Hall:

We lit City Hall purple to pay respect to a legend. #PrinceRIP pic.twitter.com/W5fU5A2xqT

— Mayor of Los Angeles (@MayorOfLA) April 22, 2016

 

The Rain Room at LACMA:

“I only want to see you laughing in the purple rain” #RIPPrince — see our tribute to the pop legend on Snapchat (@lacma) #lacma #RainRoom #PurpleRain

A video posted by Los Angeles County Museum of Art (@lacma) on Apr 21, 2016 at 1:43pm PDT

The Forum:

Prince played the venue multiple times during his 21-concert residency in L.A. in 2011.

Tonight we honor The Purple One. pic.twitter.com/8cR5k6ABHr

— The Forum (@theforum) April 22, 2016

The U.S. Bank Tower:

Tonight we honor the life of #Prince, an icon of creativity in music, by lighting the @USBankTower crown in purple. pic.twitter.com/BV1PPspTKE

— Skyspace LA (@SkyspaceLA) April 22, 2016

The Minnesota Twins Stadium:

The Twins honored Prince, who was a Minnesota native, by turning the stadium purple. And after their win yesterday, they blasted “Little Red Corvette” in the clubhouse.

Fitting that it’s raining in Minneapolis today. pic.twitter.com/s5KFurDhHi

— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) April 21, 2016

S.F. City Hall:

The moody sky in San Francisco seemed a fitting backdrop last night.

“Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life”…#RIPPrincepic.twitter.com/22t56HtBuk

— City of SanFrancisco (@sfgov) April 22, 2016

Paisley Park:

Mother Nature provided a tribute of her own over Prince’s Paisley Park estate in Minneapolis.

The rainbow over Paisley Park yesterday. pic.twitter.com/ohsusyINXI

— Dave Ryan (@daveryankdwb) April 22, 2016

Coincidentally, Niagara Falls and the CN Tower in Toronto also were lit up in purple yesterday, but it was actually done to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday.

Understandably, this led to a lot of confusion:

Even Niagra Falls is purple tonight.pic.twitter.com/46rMQb6GN2

— Belle Es You (@SouthernbeLLSU) April 21, 2016

And the CN Tower is purple tonight. During the purple rain… #PrinceRIP pic.twitter.com/cRyF20yy7O

— Amy Miranda (@AmyMiranda) April 22, 2016

It also gave rise to our new favorite conspiracy theory. Because if anyone has enough cosmic power to orchestrate something like that, it’s Prince:

Prince definitely knew about the Niagara thing today. You don’t live that carefree and not go out on your own terms.

— Spyke Daniels (@turtlewithapen) April 21, 2016