Sunday, March 07, 2010

Does anyone know what business this is?


The building is at 1900 L Street.
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Unknown said...

I like a challenge, so I googled a little and found your answer:

http://www.mulvaneysbl.com/location.php

It's called Mulvaney's Building & Loan, but it's actually a restaurant -- named after owner Patrick Mulvaney and Baileys Building and Loan, a fictional company from the film "It's A Wonderful Life".

http://www.mulvaneysbl.com/about-us.php?section=ourName

The pigasus on the sign is referenced as a landmark, but not actually explained. You can tell it wasn't there last year because it's not visible in Google Street View:

http://tr.im/R7vw

Given the deal with their name, I'm guessing the sign's supposed to be another obscure cultural reference -- probably to John Steinbeck, who Wikipedia says used it as his personal symbol:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigasus_%28literature%29

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