Hollywood Theatre Historic Marquee Revival by Hollywood Theatre

Hollywood Theatre Historic Marquee Revival

Help! We need your support to replace our crumbling, leaking marquee with a new beautiful marquee based on the original 1926 design!

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Hollywood Theatre

1,102 backers pledged $73,126 to help bring this project to life.

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January 2, 2014

Fox Theatre Marquee Kickstarter (Centralia, WA)

Hello Hollywood Theatre Marquee Backers,

We just want to let you know that another beautiful historic theatre in the Pacific NW is running a Kickstarter to install a new marquee:... Read more

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Dec 2013

Sep 2013

September 6, 2013

The New Marquee!

Last night was a huge success - thanks to all of those that came out and celebrated with us! It was very exciting to finally see this project realized. We... Read more

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September 4, 2013

Marquee Lighting!

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Aug 2013

August 26, 2013

Marquee Installation Has Begun

The center section was just installed! It looks fabulous!

August 9, 2013

Marquee Demo!

The old marquee is no more! See the attached photos of the demolition.

-Hollywood Theatre Team

Jul 2013

July 10, 2013

Mark Your Calendars!

Hello Kickstarter Backers,

Fabrication of our new marquee by Security Signs is underway - see the attached photo of the initial progress!

Mark your calendars: The plan is to have... Read more

Jun 2013

May 2013

May 7, 2013

LED Powered Marquee!

Hello Marquee Kickstarter Backers!

The original plan was to use incandescent bulbs in the marquee because, at the time, there were no LED bulbs that would have looked right. But... Read more

Apr 2013

April 19, 2013

Moving Forward!

The marquee project continues moving forward! We made it through the Land Use Review process with the city and now we are going through the permitting process. We selected Security Signs... Read more

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Mar 2013

Jan 2013

January 25, 2013

Marquee Update - Land Use Review Process

The process has begun! The first step in completing our new marquee is going through the Land Use Review process with the City of Portland. This could take anywhere from... Read more

January 11, 2013

Rewards Coming!

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Dec 2012

December 18, 2012

A "Marquee Day" For The Hollywood Theatre!

The results are in and it is indeed a “marquee day” for Portland’s historic Hollywood Theatre. Thanks to this successful Kickstarter fundraising campaign, the Theatre will have a new marquee... Read more

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December 18, 2012

Successfully raised $73,126 with 1,102 backers

December 11, 2012