Best functioning neon anachronism

The four-color beacon hanging above Frank’s Pizzeria in Montclare has been radiating since 1952. That was before there were area codes in Chicago, when telephone numbers began with a pair of letters signaling switchboard exchanges that connected calls by flesh and blood operators. The “AV” corresponds to the two and the eight on an old-timey […]
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