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A fixture of Riverside Drive in Burbank for sixty-two years, Papoo’s Hot Dog Show closed in late August after being purchased by a new owner who had originally intended to redesign the building for a new restaurant. The new owner has since abandoned those plans and the building is currently listed for lease. The Burbank eatery opened in 1949 as part of a chain of small walk-up food stands; it later expanded to include interior dining space. Its eye-catching facade was designed to mimic the curtained proscenium arch of an Old West vaudeville show. The Conservancy’s Modern Committee (ModCom) and several community members had urged the new owner to preserve the building’s unique character while renovating it for new use. The original wood-and-neon hot dog from the building’s facade, as well as the restaurant’s distinctive pole sign, have been removed and are in safe hands with the Museum of Neon Art.
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Wilshire May Company This Streamline Moderne department store with its prominent cylindrical gold tower signals the western entrance of Wilshire Boulevard's Miracle Mile district. The Conservancy swung into action when the May Co. building was threatened with demolition for office towers and a hotel during the early 1990s. After successfully nominating the building for City Historic-Cultural Monument status, the Conservancy worked with County officials to ensure the building's reuse by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Now LACMA West, the May Co. had a splashy reopening in 1999 when it played host to a blockbuster Van Gogh exhibit. Photo courtesy of Julius Shulman |
