Renovation of Manning's Coffee Store Sign in Motion
Relighting of the historic sign will take place on Tuesday, Jan.10, at 4:30 p.m.
Highland Park residents who have yet to notice the Manning’s Coffee Store sign sitting on the roof of Las Cazuelas restaurant, might spot the historic sign after it’s all lit up. The sign, which has been positioned on top of the HLP eatery since it went out of business sometime during the 1960s, is getting a well-deserved makeover thanks to a little bit of elbow grease from a number of community members and organizations. “It turns out, it’s kind of important in terms of signage history because it combines neon with opal glass, and there’s very few of those in existence,” said Amy Inouye of Future Studio. “As well as the fact that there’s not any signs like this from Manning’s that we know of at all on the entire West Coast.” Innouye, …
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