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Looking sharp: Preservation group catalogs the area’s midcentury modern architecture
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Looking sharp: Preservation group catalogs the area’s midcentury modern architecture

Have you ever spotted the peacocks on the Downtown Mall? Once you know where to look, you can’t miss them. They’re staring down from tiles near the second-floor windows above Snooky’s Pawn Shop, their teal tail feathers splayed in semicircles. The storefront once belonged to Levy’s department store, which is why the façade is clad […]

benhitchcock | December 9, 2020

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Looking sharp: Preservation group catalogs the area’s midcentury modern architecture

Have you ever spotted the peacocks on the Downtown Mall? Once you know where to look, you can’t miss them. They’re staring down from tiles near the second-floor windows above Snooky’s Pawn Shop, their teal tail feathers splayed in semicircles. The storefront once belonged to Levy’s department store, which is why the façade is clad […]

benhitchcock | December 9, 2020

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