I imagine the beams weren't exposed back in the Brown Derby days.
I wonder what Chase Bank has done with their half dome?
And just to digress a little further from Schaber's Cafeteria, the chickenboy.com owner, Amy Inouye, of Future Studio,
was instrumental in getting two historic rooftop signs re-lit in Highland Park / Garvanza in 2012:
The Highland Theatre sign (1924), 5604 N Figueroa (Route 66 in these parts):
http://highlandpark.wordpress.com/20...ght-bulb-sign/
The last working theater bulb sign in Los Angeles:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremyd...tz/5732348991/
Video:
http://highlandpark-ca.patch.com/art...#video-6128303
Manning's Coffee, 1933 (this used to be a huge multi-state business, now gone with the wind):
www.flickr.com/photos/waltarrrrr
5707 N. Figueroa (4'6" X 10') This one, neon and back-lit opal glass was moved here from the Hollywood Manning's:
(
GW posted this one before
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=9628)
http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures...shop-sign.html
Another Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls5luGb9RFg
There's still work to be done:
5540 N Figueroa:
gsv
5615 N Figueroa:
gsv
5629 N Figueroa:
gsv
Chicken Boy lives on the roof at Future Studio, 5558 N Figueroa:
(his "feet never touch the ground")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls5luGb9RFg