SCAPP CLIP(EP41): St. Patrick's Day, Tipperary Hill, Traffic Light, Why is the green light on top?

SCAPP CLIP(EP41): St. Patrick's Day, Tipperary Hill, Traffic Light, Why is the green light on top?

"In 1925 the first traffic signal light was installed in Tipperary Hill and it’s still a local attraction.

The light was erected on the corner of Tompkins Street and Milton Avenue. Some Irish youths, who came to be known as the Stone Throwers, objected to the fact that the “British” red appeared above the “Irish” green on the light and threw stones, which they called "Irish confetti," to break the red bulb.

John "Huckle" Ryan, then alderman of the Tipperary Hill section, requested that the traffic signal be hung with the green bulb above the red to placate the Irish residents. They did it.

However, New York State stepped in and had this reversed to avoid confusing the color blind. It was reversed and again the red lights were broken, again and again."
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/how-the-irish-changed-the-traffic-laws-in-tipperary-hill-syracuse

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