Amazon plans to install smaller Elephant Car Wash sign outdoors on its campus ‘for everyone to enjoy’
April 29, 2021 at 3:29 pm
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This little pink elephant will stay outdoors where it belongs.
Amazon’s plans to display the smaller Elephant Car Wash sign on its Seattle headquarters campus now involve putting the historic marker at the corner of 7th Avenue and Blanchard Street in front of its reInvent tower.
Amazon was gifted the sign last fall by Elephant Car Wash owner Bob Haney after the business closed its nearby Denny Triangle location after 64 years of operation. Amazon originally wasn’t sure if the sign would end up inside one of its numerous Seattle office buildings. The larger elephant a glowing, spinning, pink pachyderm piece of the city’s history went to the Museum of History and Industry.
This guy got famous for making people eat spiders. DOUGLAS P. DEFELICE / STRINGER / GETTY
Today marks Biden s 100th day in office: He celebrated with a drive-in rally near Atlanta. Partway through his speech, protesters interrupted to loudly shout end detention now, to which Biden said he agreed after offering to hand them the mic. Folks, y all know what they re talking about, he said to a crowd of honking cars, referring to the protesters. There should be no private prisons, period. None, period. They should not exist. And we are working to close all of them.
Watch Biden s full speechhere.
At a press conference this afternoon, Gov. Inslee announced that new guidelines will allow certain spectator events such as sports, performing arts, and school graduations the option of adding additional seating capacity for fully vaccinated attendees. These guidelines will get clarified and go into effect later this week. We are also looking at ways to allow people who are vaccinated t
Seattle neon fanatic seeks home for his collection of signs March 3, 2021 at 11:01 am
The neon collection of Bob Kaufman, he says, “also covers how neon evolved into signage, culture, society, art and architecture over the years and shows neon art by famous artists such as Rudi Stern, Dale Chihuly, Eric Zimmerman and Eve Kahn.” (Bob Kaufman)
A local man who’s obsessed with neon has spent the past few decades putting together a sizeable collection of signs and other neon artifacts. Now, facing an uncertain future, those signs and other artifacts are in search of a new home.
Bob Kaufman had a neon business in Seattle for two decades after moving here from California. He helped rescue some famous vintage neon over the years, like the original 1940s Ivar’s sign from Pier 54, and original letters from the Paramount Theatre. He also did a lot of small jobs for individual collectors and a number of home installations for elaborate man caves. And during those