Homan's building, lion head removal video

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This is kind of cool. Watch crews remove the lion medallion over the door of the Homan's building in Gilman Square, for the Green Line construction. 

https://twitter.com/AboveSummit/status/1042493615661109250

More details/photos: https://www.universalhub.com/2018/lion-saving-somerville

And more details about Monarch Foods, the company that had the lion logo, and hence the lion on the building: https://www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/single-post/2016/2/1/Monarch-Cocoa-by-Reid-Murdoch-and-Co-1920s

And yet another story: https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2018/09/20/green-line-extension-rolls-somerville-lions-head-will-live/