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Old Posted Jan 19, 2013, 5:57 PM
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Originally Posted by tovangar2 View Post
The five-globe DTLA lamps were so festive and gave such a sense of place. The different lamps for various neighborhoods gave real identity in the sprawl. I'm endlessly grateful our neighborhood still has its original lamps. The then-new lamps seem to have inspired Parkinson's exterior illuminations to the Alexandria Hotel and, as we have just seen, were mimicked in the King Edward Hotel's original lobby lighting fixtures.
Others shared your interest in the pentaglobes. Behold the lighting in front of 818 West Seventh Street.

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