The historic tower and marquee glowed for the first time in more than 50 years, and 2,500 neighbors were there to see it.
The lights are officially back on in “Sunny South Dallas.”
On Sunday, Nov. 1, an estimated 2,500 residents, civic leaders, and special guests filled Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near S.M. Wright Freeway for “The Grand Return,” a block party built around one moment: the ceremonial relighting of the Forest Theater’s tower and marquee. The last time that sign glowed, most of the people in the crowd weren’t yet born. For the ones who were, it felt like a homecoming…