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Jensen's Recreation Center's rooftop sign

Beth Murray

California Historic Route 66 Association

California Historic Route 66 Association

In L.A.'s Echo Park neighborhood sits this 1924 multi-use structure. With apartments upstairs as well as a bowling alley, billiard parlor, and stores, it served as a center of the community. A city Historic Cultural Monument since 1998, the building's rooftop sign was restored and relit in 2017; its animated neon depicts a bowler throwing a strike. Bowlers and pool players no longer frequent Jensen's, but otherwise, the building remains as it was.

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  • Title: Jensen's Recreation Center's rooftop sign
  • Creator: Beth Murray
  • Location Created: Los Angeles (Echo Park), CA
  • Rights: Beth Murray, California to Chicago Photography: https://www.californiatochicago.com/
California Historic Route 66 Association

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