12-28-2011, 12:30 PM
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Ted?s goes ?frostop-side-up? again
People who might have spotted the giant mug sign from Ted?s Frostop (3100 Calhoun St., 861-3615) being loaded onto a flatbed and trucked away one day last fall could be excused for thinking they?d witnessed the end of an era. In fact, it was part of a new chapter for a long-running legacy.
That mug is a 14-foot-tall, sheet metal relic from the glory days of the American burger stand, and it?s been a kitschy landmark along South Claiborne Avenue since it was first installed in the 1950s.? [ Read more ]
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