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A "Burgers & Pizza" sign in the form of a 20th-century Exxon gas pump canopy.

It cannot be demolished because it is so valuable as a roadside sign.

 

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In downtown Parkersburg, West Virginia, on November 22nd, 2018, at "Gary's Always Hot # 3/Burgers & Pizza" (a restaurant and "video lottery" gambling establishment) at the southeast corner of 5th Street (West Virginia Route 14) and Avery Street.

 

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:

• Parkersburg (2119512)

• Wood (county) (2002303)

 

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:

• canopies (structural elements) (300069732)

• red (color) (300311118)

• restaurants (300005182)

• service stations (300007815)

• shop signs (300211862)

 

Wikidata items:

• 22 November 2018 (Q45921852)

• Exxon (Q4781944)

• November 22 (Q3025)

• November 2018 (Q31179571)

• Thanksgiving (Q2913791)

• video lottery terminal (Q7927946)

• West Virginia Lottery (Q17109372)

• West Virginia Route 14 (Q2508395)

 

Library of Congress Subject Headings:

• Business names (sh85018315)

• Small business (sh85123568)

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Uploaded on April 8, 2019
Taken on November 22, 2018