The directors of the New Yorker Hotel in New York City had to come up with a very special way to celebrate the hotel’s 75th anniversary in 2005. What could be the icing on the cake for this event? Project planners decided to replace the huge, burned-out sign atop the hotel with new LED letters.
For three years, the focus of the impending anniversary celebration revolved around a site survey of the existing sign, planning and obtaining permits for what we believe is the largest LED sign in North America. Upon deciding to replace its sign, the 846-guestroom New Yorker Hotel called on my company, LED Solution (White Plains, NY), to complete the project. I’ve worked on many other projects in Manhattan, several in Times Square, which include Applebee’s, HMV and Universal News signs.
Electrical history
The New Yorker, which opened in 1930, operated with the aid of its own electrical power plant, which was installed in the basement