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BB Bora Boris Mr. Unreasonable Boogie Wonderland Joined: Mar 25, 2005 Posts: 2616	BB Bora Boris Posted posted on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 12:14 AM Great thread Uncle Trav! I've been meaning to post this next thing and I might as well do it here. Step by Step Urban Archeology with Bora Boris This happened a few weeks ago. First I get off the Freeway because of traffic and I cut through downtown. It wasn’t much faster but I did drive by this ~ *What the @&#! was that?** Could that be an abandoned Chinese Restaurant that underwent a Poly Pop conversion 40 years ago? Lets take a closer look ~ Vintage looking signage actually painted on the building. Very Old Timey! Spray painted rock wall. Classic sign of Tiki Devolution. Barb Wire – Yikes! Unlike Sabu I will not be hopping the fence to see what’s on the other side. Plus I can see through the fence and there is nothing back there. :D No Trespassing. So much for asking anyone about this place. In L.A. you see painted rocks way too much. Security camera. Cocktail sign? Recent incarnation as Zazang Fresh Express. Although nothing about this building looks fresh. Smile Jerk, you’re on camera! Jeez! Take it easy with the black paint. Tony’s Cocktails hmm? So then I get on the internet and do a search at L.A.Time Machines to see if either Canton or Tony’s show up. Nothing! Then I find a listing on line for Canton suggesting that it’s not that old ~ Canton Restaurant - 2019 East 7th Street. Los Angeles, CA 90021 Then I search for Tony's and the address and it looks like they’ll be reopening the place as Tony’s. It looks like the place was originally Tony’s and the sign was never changed. That happens a lot because it’s my understanding that if you were to knock the sign down the new signs could not be as high due to zoning changes as time has gone by. Ultimately my interest in this place has waned and rock walls don’t always mean Tikis inside but it was enjoyable wasn’t it. Maybe a little? :wink:

Great thread Uncle Trav!

I've been meaning to post this next thing and I might as well do it here.

Step by Step Urban Archeology with Bora Boris

This happened a few weeks ago. First I get off the Freeway because of traffic and I cut through downtown. It wasn’t much faster but I did drive by this ~

What the @&*#! was that? Could that be an abandoned Chinese Restaurant that underwent a Poly Pop conversion 40 years ago?

Lets take a closer look ~

Vintage looking signage actually painted on the building. Very Old Timey!
Spray painted rock wall. Classic sign of Tiki Devolution.
Barb Wire – Yikes! Unlike Sabu I will not be hopping the fence to see what’s on the other side. Plus I can see through the fence and there is nothing back there. :D

No Trespassing. So much for asking anyone about this place.
In L.A. you see painted rocks way too much.
Security camera.
Cocktail sign?

Recent incarnation as Zazang Fresh Express. Although nothing about this building looks fresh.
Smile Jerk, you’re on camera!
Jeez! Take it easy with the black paint.

Tony’s Cocktails hmm?

So then I get on the internet and do a search at L.A.Time Machines to see if either Canton or Tony’s show up. Nothing! Then I find a listing on line for Canton suggesting that it’s not that old ~ Canton Restaurant - 2019 East 7th Street. Los Angeles, CA 90021

Then I search for Tony's and the address and it looks like they’ll be reopening the place as Tony’s. It looks like the place was originally Tony’s and the sign was never changed. That happens a lot because it’s my understanding that if you were to knock the sign down the new signs could not be as high due to zoning changes as time has gone by. Ultimately my interest in this place has waned and rock walls don’t always mean Tikis inside but it was enjoyable wasn’t it.

Maybe a little? :wink:

Post #448801 by Bora Boris on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 12:14 AM