Arie Crown Hebrew Day School has been a cor­ner­stone of Chicago’s Ortho­dox Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ty since the 1950s. The school pro­vides Juda­ic and sec­u­lar edu­ca­tion as a foun­da­tion to expand minds, instill val­ues, and pre­pare future gen­er­a­tions of the Jew­ish community.

The Main ID sign is a 5‘6” tall by 12’ wide illu­mi­nat­ed mon­u­ment sign with non-illu­mi­nat­ed ⅜” thick alu­minum address num­bers down the left side. The sign has a dimen­sion­al bump out that wraps around the main cab­i­net which will be a com­mon design ele­ment and takes some inspi­ra­tion from the lin­ear aspects of the once office-build­ing, now school. This sign is mount­ed using ½” thick steel flange plates to a con­crete base.

In addi­tion to the 6′ tall ​“ACHDS” back-lit let­ters on the build­ing, the 3’4” by 18’ Build­ing ID mon­u­ment sign sits direct­ly in front of the school, and both serve as excel­lent iden­ti­fi­ca­tion and Wayfind­ing for new vis­i­tors. The mon­u­ment design repli­cates the wrap-around design ele­ments and col­ors of the Main ID sign, but in a more hor­i­zon­tal fash­ion. This non-illu­mi­nat­ed sign is the cen­ter­piece of the school’s exte­ri­or drive-up.

These signs share donor appre­ci­a­tion at mul­ti­ple loca­tions, including:

• Ear­ly Child­hood Play Area
• Out­door Ath­let­ic Fields
• Out­door Bas­ket­ball Courts
• Plaza

These 2’9” tall by 2’7” high signs have a sim­i­lar off­set as the wrap-around style, but in a val­ue-engi­neered way using just the front off­set pan­el. These one-sided signs tie into the donor col­or scheme that is repli­cat­ed inside the build­ing and share both the infor­ma­tion about the space and the impor­tance of the donor involved.

In addi­tion to these mon­u­ment signs, there are many mis­cel­la­neous donor plaque signs, includ­ing flag­pole signs, that were cre­at­ed on this project.

In March 2025, Arie Crown host­ed its first event in the new facil­i­ty for donors and com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers. The event show­cased the space’s trans­for­ma­tion from a lack­lus­ter office build­ing to a fun and inspir­ing school.

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