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April to June 2007
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LATEST NEWS
Action Required on Tulsa Landmark
06.30.2007 Tulsa, OK - The Tulsa Camelot Hotel is scheduled to be demolished in August 2007. The hotel is located right along the I-44. Plans are for the Castle Hotel to be leveled for a new Quik Trip (7-11) type convenience store. Quik Trip just bought the Camelot for $2 million and is preparing it for demolition. Local polls taken show that 85% of Tulsans do not want to see her taken down.
Action is required quickly to keep this landmark from going under by contacting the local newspaper at Letters@Tulsaworld.com as well as the Mayor Tulsa's action line email address MAC@cityoftulsa.com.
Many thanks to Chris King for update
The Seal Disappears Off Aurora
06.30.2007 Seattle, WA - For many years, a familiar sight for travelers passing through Seattle on Aurora Avenue was the Seal's Motel sign. The Seal marquee was noteworthy for featuring a neon seal with a beach ball spinning on its nose. The sign is now gone and replaced with a backlit plastic sign.
Many thanks to Mike Fuller for update
Another Lyons Coffee Shop Is Demolished
06.30.2007 Stockton, CA - Space age coffee shops are becoming a rare sight these days, and the loss of yet another Lyons just adds fuel to the fire. The Lyons Restaurant on Pacific Avenue in Stockton, CA was razed on May 29, 2007 after being open since 1965. The restaurant closed down in 2005 and has been vacant since then. According to the Stockton Record, plans are to build an Elephant Bar Restaurant in its place.
Many thanks to Suzanne Astorino for update
Clayton Plumbers Sign Threatened
04.08.2007 Los Angeles, CA - The Clayton Plumbers sign
is scheduled to come down on April 16th.
Many thanks to Adriene Biondo for update
According to the National Trust's Preservation Online, the owner of the business says the Clayton Plumbers sign
is to costly to maintain and will be donating to the Museum of Neon Art (MONA). The Los Angeles Conservancy as well as MONA is hoping its remains in its place along Westwood Boulevard like it has been for the last 60 years. |
