Relighting the Historic Signs of Figueroa Street Project is the winner of a 2011 Highland Park Heritage Trust Award!
Click on the link below to download a 28-page PDF which has a mini-history of the Highland Theatre and Manning's relighting project.
Thank you to everyone who came out for the Manning's switch-flipping ceremony. Here are a bunch of links to videos, articles, and photo albums:
VIDEOS from the Manning's Relighting event:
Countdown courtesy Waltarrrrr
Ceremony courtesy Arroyo Seco Journal
STORIES from the Manning's Relighting event:
Arroyo Seco Journal
Eastsider LA
EGP News
Highland Park PATCH (Mannings sign to be relit today)
Highland Park PATCH (HIghland Park celebrates Historic Route 66 sign)
Highland Park PATCH (Mannings Coffee Store sign shines again)
KCET Departures
LAObserved
NelaList
Route 66 News
SignWeb.com
PHOTO ALBUMS from the Manning's Relighting event:
Please credit: MARTHA BENEDICT
Please credit: GARY LEONARD
Please credit: AL C. STRANGE
PHOTO ALBUMS from the restoration process:
Please credit: RICHARD ANKROM
Please credit: GARY LEONARD
Some of our project team:
North Figueroa Association
Relighting the Historic Signs of Figueroa Street
Las Cazuelas
Museum of Neon Art
Funding for this project provided by individuals and community organizations (like you), the National Park Service Route 66 Corridor Preservation Cost-Share Grant Program, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Los Angeles County Preservation Fund. Additional support provided by Council District 1, the Museum of Neon Art, North Figueroa Association, America's Byways, the Arroyo Guild, Future Studio, and Las Cazuelas. THANK YOU!
You are invited to the relighting of the Manning’s historic rooftop sign
Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012 • 4:30 pm @ Highland Park Farmers Market
from Figueroa to Marmion, between Ave. 57 & Ave. 58 (Gold Line station adjacent)
Come early to shop and eat (the market opens at 3 pm). We’ll have coffee and snacks.
Come witness the successful renovation of the Manning’s Coffee Store neon & opal glass sign. It joins the Highland Theatre in creating a North Figueroa/Historic Route 66 Signage District.
Funding provided by the National Park Service Route 66 Corridor Preservation Cost-Share Grant Program, National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Los Angeles County Preservation Fund, and individual donors who love Highland Park. Additional support by Council District 1, North Figueroa Association, America's Byways, Arroyo Guild, and Future Studio/Chicken Boy.
DONATIONS FOR MANNING'S STILL NEEDED... see list below for sponsorship opportunities...
Show Your Highland Park Pride!
We're re-lighting the 1924 HIGHLAND THEATRE rooftop sign--an exposed bulb sign that is that largest, tallest, most visible rooftop sign along Highland Park's Figueroa Street commercial district (along Historic Route 66),
and...
we're preserving and relighting the 1933 MANNING'S COFFEE STORE rooftop sign--an extremely rare example of an historic sign that features both opal glass and neon on the rooftop of Las Cazuelas restaurant.
We've received a grant from the National Park Service's Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program and now WE NEED YOUR HELP to raise matching and maintenance funds. Donations in any amount are needed and are tax deductible. Or you can sponsor a specific part of the project and receive recognition for your contribution.
Donations can be made by paypal to: [email protected]
(log on to paypal, click on the “Send Money” tab, and enter pertinent info. You can add a message w/ donation details on the last page of the online form)
Or by checks made out to: NORTH FIGUEROA ASSOCIATION (our fiscal receiver and business improvement district). Checks can be mailed c/o Future Studio, 5558 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles CA 90042. You can email questions or call the NFA message line at 323-255-5030.
Please include all your contact info including an email so we can keep you posted, and if your donation is for a specific part of the project.
Download FigLightingApp_Final2LR.pdf (859.0K)
DONATION LEVELS:
Manning's Coffee Store
Sponsor an opal glass letter (2 sets: COFFEE STORE, total 22 letters) for $66 each
C (sponsored by Carla Kaun)
O (sponsored by Marguerite Jones & Peter Hess)
F (sponsored by Frank Parrello)
F (sponsored by UGLA & Joan Potter)
E (sponsored by Flora Ito & David Davis)
E (sponsored by Flora Ito & David Davis)
S (sponsored by Suzanne & Herb Siegel; “S” for Siegel)
T (sponsored by Kim Koga, director, Museum of Neon Art)
O (sponsored by Occidental College)
R (sponsored by Dr. Arnold Rollin)
E (sponsored by Sarah Elbaum, Happy Graduation, from Monica & Harlan)
Sponsor a neon letter (2 sets: MANNING'S, total 18 characters) for $99 each
M (sponsored by Mary & Max vanBalgooy)
A (sponsored by Venita & Al Strange; “A” for Al)
N (sponsored by Nathan Marsak; “N” for Nathan)
N (sponsored by Nathan Marsak; “N” for Nicole)
I (sponsored by Mary Helen Cruz)
N (sponsored by Nicole Possert)
G (sponsored by Good Shepherd School)
' (sponsored by Future Studio--in honor of correct punctuation and word usement)
S (sponsored by Sumi Rudisky)
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C (sponsored by Carl Matthes & Carl Johnson)
O (sponsored by Occidental College)
F (sponsored by Rich McCarthy Franklin's Arroyo Seco Academy)
F (sponsored by Yim Tam for Franklin High School)
E (sponsored by Ebell Club)
E (sponsored by Kirby Shanklin)
S (sponsored by Scott & Sam Piotrowski “Scott & Sam on 66”)
T (sponsored by www.PeterBedardHypnotherapy.com)
O (sponsored by Occidental College)
R (sponsored by Stuart Miller: In Memory of Ruth Carlyle Miller, Manning's Coffee Store Director--Washington and Oregon)
E (sponsored by Eric Evavold)
Sponsor a neon letter (2 sets: MANNING'S, total 18 characters) for $99 each
M (Happy Birthday Drew Baldwin! , from Nayla Wren)
A (Happy Birthday Drew Baldwin! , from Nayla Wren)
N (Happy Birthday Drew Baldwin!, from Nayla Wren)
N (sponsored by Duckett-Wilson Development Co.)
I (for Grandma Mitsuko Iwatsu--We Love You Grandma!!)
N (sponsored by Xiu-Ling Stein-Leonard)
G (sponsored by Uptown Gay & Lesbian Alliance)
' (sponsored by Cindy Olnick & Tom Davies)
S (sponsored by Stuart Miller: In Memory of Edward McClure and William Wayland Manning--THE MANNING BROTHERS)
Both Manning's neon arrows sponsored by Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council
Highland Theatre: THANK YOU!!!
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 8 pm, we switched the Highland Theatre sign ON. We will be finishing some much-needed rewiring in the weeks ahead and then determine a regular schedule for the sign to be illuminated. Update: As of late Nov. 2011, the theatre sign has been totally rewired and is lighting up the Figueroa corridor at last again!
Martha Benedict's Photos from the Relighting
Later this year, we will relight the MANNING’S COFFEE STORE sign... watch this space! (BTW, a few sponsorships for MANNING’s still available, as well as maintenance fund contributions.)
Special thank yous: Margaret Arnold, Anton Ascher, Kaisa Barthuli, Martha Benedict, Monica Dunahee, Josh Fadem, Franklin High School Band & Cheerleaders!, Heather Hoggan, Misty Iwatsu, Harlan Lebo, Carlos Lopez & Las Cazuelas, North Figueroa Association & Old LA Farmers Market (Christopher, Joe, Oscar & staff), Escott Norton, Frank Parrello, Nicole Possert, Stuart Rapeport, Ed P. Reyes, Lynnelle Scaduto (& staff of CD1), all of the sign sponsors.
Sponsor a light bulb for $19.24 each
Sponsor a letter:
H (sponsored by Highland Park Heritage Trust)
I (sponsored by Highland Park Heritage Trust)
G (sponsored by UGLA, Uptown Gay & Lesbian Association; “G” for Gay)
H (sponsored by individual donations)
L (sponsored by Sharon Lilly & Joan Potter; “L” for Love, Lesbian)
A (sponsored by Arroyo Apartments, Adam Bray-Ali)
N (sponsored by Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council)
D (sponsored by Northeast Democrats)
T (Happy 10th anniversary gift to Tom Marble from Pae White; “T” for Tom)
H (sponsored by Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council)
E (sponsored by the EBELL Club of Highland Park)
A (sponsored by Louisa Van Leer & Rodney Ascher & Family, “A” for the awesome Anton Ascher)
T (sponsored by Robert Carey & Katrina Webb, Sotheby's Int. Realty, www.RobandKatrina.com
“T” for Thank You for the support HP has given us for so many years! )
R (sponsored by Rita Baird)
E (sponsored by Councilperson Ed Reyes, CD1)
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Donations are also being accepted for a maintenance fund, allowing us to keep everything lit for 5-10 (or more!) years. At the end of the project, all surplus funds will go into the maintenance fund.
Thank you!
Steve Homel
Jaime Gonzalez
Christy & Stephen McAvoy
Stuart Miller (In Memory of Ruth Carlyle Miller, Manning's Coffee Store Director--Washington and Oregon)
Ken Willits (“in honor of our mom, Jeaneane Johnson. TY”)
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All graphics and printing for advertising the project donated by Future Studio Design or paid for by North Figueroa Association. 100% of proceeds go to the project.
Thank you!: Steve McAvoy, Nicole Possert, Frank Parrello, Richard Ankrom, Kaisa Barthuli, Kim Koga and the Museum of Neon Art, Carlos Lopez, Glenn at the Highland Theatre, Joan Potter, Margaret Arnold, Misty Iwatsu and North Figueroa Association