And don't forget the massive Assyrian palace facade of the former
Goodyear Tire plant, now a shopping mall, right off Highway 5 in the
City of Industry. Best curly beards this side of Nineveh. mitch

david G Orr wrote:

>Two sites which should be interesting to the twentieth
>century archaeologist and popular culture devotee are:
>1. The "early" McDonalds Restaurant at Downey with its
>great "Speedee" signpost is a great stop and a very
>fortuitous survival of the "candy stripers" golden arch
>hamburger stands which once defined American streetscapes. In
>Downey, an LA suburb.
>
>2. The Watts Towers. Another fortuitous survival showing what
>one visionary artist can achieve. A Must!
>
>dgo
>
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