Work on the 1946 sign got started in July 2023 and was completed this month.
A nearly 80-year-old neon sign outside the Aurora Fox Arts Center has been restored to its former glory, thanks to $140,000 in public and private funds. The original colors of the Aurora Fox neon sign are shining again thanks to a $140,000 restoration project that began just under a year ago.
The rest was covered by donations from Visit Aurora, the Aurora Museum Foundation, a public Aurora Fox donation fund and a city of Aurora funding match, officials said. The “historic Snap-Lok letters” attached to the aluminum tracks were also retained, and the neon tubing was reinstalled in mid-June, officials said. In addition to new coats of paint, the sign’s yellow upper marquee — an early 1960s addition — was replaced with white panels to reflect the building’s original design.
Denver architect Charles Strong designed the original Fox Theater in 1946 with a Streamline Moderne-style lobby attached to a World War II surplus Quonset hut, the city said. It was the main movie theater for Aurora residents, as well as the military personnel stationed at Fitzsimons Army Hospital and Lowry Air Force Base,
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