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In article <84h95t$1fc$1@nntp6.atl.mindspring.net>, mrfuss@ix.netcom.com
(M. Fuss) wrote:

mulders_notpair_noidnuff <find@thetruth.net> wrote:

>COBB SALAD DAYS
>By Leslee Komaiko 

>The 'Brown' Derby Ain't What it Was

The Brown Derby did not go down without a fight. When the new owner
announced his plan to raze it, the L.A. Conservancy, then in its
infancy, organized its first major battle. Picket lines were thrown
up, lawsuits were filed, and it all ended in a pitiful compromise. The
developer would save the domed hat structure and stick on the rear of
his new minimall. It's really not the same building at all.

The Hollywood Brown Derby on Vine lasted a few years longer, and the
Beverly Hills location on Wilshire was the last to go.




[Begin my comments-my reply software doesnt' put >'s on original
material-don't know why-CB]

Wasn't there someone who used the name "Original Brown Derby" and opened
up a separate restaruant, with the hope of convincing people that his was
the first one rather than a copy? The intent was to trade on the Brown
Derby name.

Also, somewhere there is a book of buildings in the LA area that are
shaped like objects. There was one I liked shaped like a hot dog, near the
Blue Whale-can't remember the name. Just did-"Tail 'o the Pup". Also, out
in the valley, the building was common but it had a bid donut on it-off of
Sherman Way.


Charles