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The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 20, 2017 by Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:27, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The KONA LANES BOWL roadside sign in 2002

Kona Lanes was a 40-lane bowling center in Costa Mesa, California, that opened in 1958 and closed in 2003 after 45 years in business. Built during the advent of Googie architecture, its Polynesian Tiki-themed styling extended from the large roadside neon sign to the building's "flamboyant neon lights and ostentatious rooflines meant to attract motorists like moths." At its peak, Kona Lanes was open 24 hours a day and averaged more than 80 lines of bowling on each of its 40 lanes. The center also hosted music concerts and other events. Following years of decline, Kona Lanes closed and was torn down in 2003; a portion of the distinctive sign (pictured) was saved and sent to Cincinnati, Ohio, for display in the American Sign Museum. Plans for a department store on the site were rejected; in 2010, the still-unused land was rezoned for senior citizens' apartments and commercial development. Construction on the apartment complex began in 2013 after the lot had sat empty for ten years. (Full article...)