Pete's Famous Hot Dogs - a Birmingham, Alabama institution.
Started in 1939. Neon sign installed 1946. Owner Gus Koutroulakis has been serving hot dogs there since 1948. Inside the place is approximately 6 ft wide x 15 ft deep.
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great capture, nice to not see another CD thanks. It's amazing that a sign that is obviously several years old still operates with all its neon intact. So if you 8 at Pete's an 8 it is
I think this would have been a better shot if you would have zoomed in to the sign more and got rid of the rest of the block and the HDR stuff. It doesn't add anything to the image.
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