Here was an all caps system of white-on-[color]-on-white, where [color] is red, green, blue, red, blue, and the first red is a notched banner.
The checkmark is a clever spacefiller to maintain the center justification, right?
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In Los Angeles on April 26th, 2019, at the northwest corner of North Figueroa Street and North River Street.
The building was erected in 1957.
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Los Angeles (7023900)
• Los Angeles (county) (1002608)
Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• capital letters (300055061)
• concrete blocks (300374976)
• discount houses (300120447)
• graffiti (300015613)
• hand-painted (300248263)
• multicolored (300252256)
• paint (coating) (300015029)
• peeling (300054127)
• shop signs (300211862)
• specialty stores (300005364)
• stencils (visual works) (300028878)
Wikidata items:
• & (Q11213)
• 26 April 2019 (Q57350068)
• 1950s architecture (Q7160137)
• all caps (Q3960579)
• April 26 (Q2532)
• April 2019 (Q47087596)
• Area code 323 (Q3150187)
• arrow (Q1139519)
• Buildings and structures completed in 1957 (Q8318737)
• check mark (Q1143561)
• Cypress Park (Q4454029)
• Figueroa Street (Q5447985)
• Northeast Los Angeles (Q17107760)
• percent sign (Q7559698)
• Southern California (Q844837)
• telephone number (Q214995)
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Business names (sh85018315)
• Painted signs and signboards (sh89005878)
• Small business (sh85123568)