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Attention Democrats: Blue lights herald convention

Call it the Blue Light Special for Democrats. To mark the fact that the 2016 Democratic National Convention will be underway this time next year, Boathouse Row and prominent buildings in Center City are being lighted up in blue.

Call it the Blue Light Special for Democrats.

To mark the fact that the 2016 Democratic National Convention will be underway this time next year, Boathouse Row and prominent buildings in Center City are being lighted up in blue.

Buildings that were to receive the blue treatment Saturday, Sunday, and Monday nights included Liberty Place 1 and 2, the convention host committee said Saturday. The LOVE Park fountain also will join the blue-light party. Commercial facades along South Broad Street are to be lighted in red, white, and blue.

On Monday, the lighted message board on top of the PECO Building will carry a reminder that the convention is one year away. The convention is scheduled to be at the Wells Fargo Center from July 25-28, 2016.

Host committee officials said Mayor Nutter's office helped reach out to the owners of the various participating buildings.

No word yet if Cleveland, site of the Republican convention the week before, will counter with a red-light display.