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Franklin and Argyle ~ Hollywood

Scream Franklin Argyle

"Hail Mary full of grace! Here in Hollywood, on the corner of Franklin and Argyle, I look through my window and gaze and gaze at an unending pattern of celestial blue. I wait and I remember. O you Honey, where are you now? Oh endless blue you have not changed." - John Fante, Hail Mary (Dago Red collection of stories)

Photo from Maveric2003, who says: This is a mural on the side of the self-storage freeway underpass at Argyle and Franklin in Hollywood. The sticky liquid that someone's spilled on the character's "mouth" only adds to the effect.

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