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Old Posted Oct 11, 2014, 9:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Handsome Stranger View Post

Recently the building at the southeast corner of La Brea and Edgewood underwent a major overhaul, and for a time the renovation work exposed a fascinating peek at the building's distant past. I love the sunburst design at the top, and I'm really curious about what might have been mounted in those two large horizontal areas...Coca-Cola signs, perhaps?

Oh man, thanks for sharing your photographs with us Handsome Stranger.

It looks like the sun portion of the sign is tin that has been tacked onto the facade. (if you look closely you can see that the sun's rays are raised)
I wonder if you asked nicely, they might have given you the sun.

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