“Passersby pay their respects as the beloved Pink Elephant packs its trunk” [Nov. 15, Pacific NW Magazine]: I understand the owner of the Pink Elephant car-wash sign wants it to be kept in a good ...
The notion of the Elephant Car Wash neon sign being carted off to a museum is great news for some, but is not sitting well with a group of Belltown activists. Steve Hall, land use planner for Friends ...
Members at the Landmarks Preservation Board in Seattle on Wednesday agreed to give the iconic Elephant Car Wash sign landmark status, the city announced. The scheduled meeting, set for Aug. 17, will ...
One of the Coachella Valley’s most prominent landmarks along Highway 111 — the large pink elephant sign promoting a Rancho Mirage car wash — was designated as a historic resource by the city this week ...
SEATTLE — A decision will be made Wednesday on the fate of the iconic pink Elephant Car Wash sign in Seattle. Since 1956 it sat on the corner of 6th Street and Battery Avenue until 2020. The Landmarks ...
As the DJC first reported this week, the Elephant Car Wash at 616 Battery St. has been closed for months, and the old buildings will be demolished by landowner Clise Properties. That step is a likely ...
SEATTLE — One of two Elephant Car Wash signs from the iconic business located on Denny Way is being donated to Amazon, the car wash company confirmed Thursday. Amazon plans to restore the smaller sign ...
The ‘Pink Elephant’ car wash sign along Highway 111 in Rancho Mirage will be preserved for posterity thanks to the work of Preservation Mirage, a local preservation nonprofit. The iconic neon sign ...
A neighborhood preservationist group is protesting Elephant Car Wash owner Bob Haney’s plans to donate the business’s iconic neon sign to the Museum of History and Industry in South Lake Union, ...
SEATTLE – Seattle’s most well-known pink elephant has officially left its longtime spot on Denny Way in South Lake Union. The Elephant Car Wash’s cheerful neon sign, which had been perched at the ...