As expected, Claude Neon on Thursday reinstalled the Route 66 shield on the walkway at the Cyrus Avery Route 66 Memorial Plaza in Tulsa, reported KOTV.
The LED shield was vandalized last year. Claude Neon installed a protective screen, designed by Steve Vogt, to dissuade future mischief.
It would have been easy to come up with an indestructible but unattractive design. The challenge was to come up with something to protect the signs that looked like part of the original design.
“You never can build a complete barrier because it’s just a challenge to see if they can beat it, but we made it a little bit harder,” Vogt said. “Some of the critical components aren’t quite so accessible.”
The new barriers protect the signs and make them more visible to drivers during the day.
At night, the designer says the barriers will practically disappear.
A good picture of the shield and the installation can be seen in the Tulsa World here.
Never could figure out why some idiots think destoying things is fun. Also can’t figure out why some people don’t appreciate history.
In this case, I think the vandalism was actually part of an attempt to steal the sign.