Western Auto sign to light up Downtown once again
The iconic Western Auto sign is will light up the Downtown Kansas City sky once again, beginning tonight (Friday).
The top of that wedge-shaped building at 21st Street and Grand Boulevard used to come alive each night with light and color as the Western Auto sign blazed above Kansas City, according to The Kansas City Star.
The 65-year-old sign – which has been dark for years – will be illuminated again beginning at 8:45 p.m. today (Friday). The words “Western Auto” will be in red while white lights will form a repeating circular arrow around them.
You can thank the members of the Western Auto Lofts Condominium Association, who live in the building. They footed the bill to repair and restore the iconic sign, according to The Star, which reported:
- The sign is 73 feet high and 70 feet across. The letters are 10 feet tall.
- The arrow is 150 feet long and is made of 30 tons of steel. It included about 2,500 incandescent bulbs.
- The sign also incorporates about 1,000 feet of red and green neon tubing. It required five miles of wiring.
“The association is thrilled to give this gift back to the residents of Kansas City and can’t wait to be a part of the skyline once more,” said an announcement on the association’s Facebook page.
To read the complete story, visit The Kansas City Star.