Homan's building, lion head removal video
Sep. 19th, 2018 09:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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whnaThis 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/
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/