Celebration Village
Grand Rapids, MI

 

This 40 ft. tall by 13 ft. square steel clocktower was built as a landmark for Celebration Village, a retail development. The structure is four-sided and constructed of 4" x 6" and 6" x 6" welded steel tubes. The green color was chosen to match the awnings and other accents of buildings.

The cabinets for the clocks are 8 ft. in diameter and fabricated from aluminum, with Panaflex faces and vinyl hour markers. The cabinets are internally illuminated with fully functional time pieces.

 

Tenant cabinets are mounted to two sides of the tower. The 9 ft. tall cabinets are internally illuminated and fabricated from extruded aluminum. The faces are Panaflex with divider bars to allow for easy changeability.

Future electronic message center units are to be installed on the two vacant sides of the clocktower. This will provide additional advertising space with even greater changeability and versatility for the tenants at Celebration Village.

IMAX Theatre was one of the first major tenants to open at Celebration Village. Their signage consists of 40" tall face-lit "IMAX" letters and 14" high back-lit "Theatre" letters. Both sets of letters are fabricated out of aluminum and internally illuminated with white neon. The "IMAX" letters have lexan faces with blue translucent vinyl for a face-lit application. The "Theatre" letters have aluminum faces and clear lexan backs which allow light to spill out behind letters for a halo-lit effect.