Tail o' the Pup
| Tail o' the Pup | |
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 A busy day at the Tail o' the Pup in 2005 |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Novelty architecture |
| Town or city | Los Angeles, California |
| Country | United States |
| Completed | 1946 |
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| Architect | Milton J. Black |
Tail o’ the Pup was an iconic Los Angeles, California hot dog stand actually shaped like a hot dog. Built in 1946, the small, walk-up stand has been noted as a prime example of “mimetic”-type novelty architecture. It was one of the very last surviving mid-20th century buildings that were built in the shapes of the products they sold.
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[edit] History
Designed by architect Milton Black, the stand opened at La Cienega and Beverly boulevards in June 1946 to luminary-studded, searchlight-lit fanfare. Eddie Blake purchased the Pup in the early 1970s from its celebrity owners, the dance team of Veloz and Yolanda.[1]
Despite its appearance in countless movies and commercials, the stand faced demolition in the mid-1980s, creating an outcry that resulted in the stand being moved a few yards from its original location at 311 North La Cienega Boulevard, to 329 North San Vicente Boulevard.
In December 2005, the Pup was evicted and it moved into a Torrance warehouse after Regent Properties, a development company, purchased the Pup's site from landlord Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and announced plans to build 152 condominium and apartment units. As of June 2011, construction had not started and the site remained a parking lot.[1]
Owners Dennis and Eddie Blake plan to reopen the Tail o' the Pup once a suitable location is found, possibly in West Hollywood.[1]
The City of Los Angeles has since declared Tail o’ the Pup to be a cultural landmark.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Pool, Bob (2010-04-11), "Quite a tale for the Pup", Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tail-pup11-2010apr11,0,957697.story, retrieved 2010-04-13
[edit] Further reading
- "Tail o’ the Pup (profile)". PreserveLA. November 19, 2005. http://www.preservela.com/archives/000704.html.
- Roderick, Kevin (November 9, 2005). "Tail o’ the Pup clarified *". LA Observed. http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2005/11/tail_o_the_pup_clarified_1.php.
- Jennings, Lisa (January 6, 2006). "Landmark cases in L.A. pit beloved eateries against new development". Nation's Restaurant News. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_2_40/ai_n16015346.
