Scott Charles...
jerry 1956's link, below, to the Tail of the Pup article on Laist is from 2016.
https://www.lamag.com/askchris/tail-...valley-museum/
Yes, plans were made for one to reopen in it's original location and a couple others planned to open elsewhere.
And what you quoted above about the original is accurate at that time.
Next we have a June, 2017 article from Los Angeles Magazine:
https://www.lamag.com/askchris/tail-...valley-museum/
This article states that the original Tail of the Pup will be an exhibit at the Valley Relics Museum. The end of the article says: "The museum is inviting fans to come greet the Pup at 2 p.m. on Thursday at The Print Lab in North Hollywood, where it will be cleaned and prepared to go on display at the museum later this month."
Next, we have this article from Los Angeles Magazine a year later, July 31, 2018:
https://www.lamag.com/digestblog/tai...ng-1933-group/
This article states the "original" Tail of the Pup has been acquired by the 1933Group.
This article is from LA Curbed a few days later, August 3, 2018:
https://la.curbed.com/2018/8/3/17635...ner-1933-group
It states, "Tail O’ the Pup and its fantastic neon sign were donated to the Valley Relics Museum about a year ago, after a deal between its longtime owners, the Blake family, and potential business partners to bring the Pup back fell through.
The museum put it in storage, and museum founder Tommy Gelinas told Curbed in 2017 that it has sat awaiting restoration. Gelinas connected the Blakes with 1933 Group, says Green. The family “wanted to find the right people.”
The last word right now is that the 1933Group, which restored the Formosa and reopened it last year, is looking for a suitable location for it, it's original one or one nearby.
The 1933Group has it on their website where it says, "We're comin' back soon! Stay tuned!"
https://www.1933group.com/#/tail-o-the-pup
Then they have the link to the Los Angeles Magazine story I linked above. EXCEPT, if you click their link it doesn't work, because they left out the "s" in the http"s" of the link.
So use mine if you want to read it.
So that's the latest info
for the Tail of the Pup!