Welcome to Ocean Beach
This sign stood outside the last operating Doggie Diner
Restaurant (Later, "Carousel") on the N.E. corner of
46th Ave. and Sloat Blvd.
Designed in 1966 by graphic artist Harold Bachman
(1921-2005) for the popular unionized bay area
drive-in chain, the Doggie's whimsical style
(shades of swing and early auto age cartoons) has
delighted generations of visitors to Ocean Beach.
A massive grassroots preservation effort,
chronicled nationally in the "Zippy the Pinhead"
comic strip, led to its acquisition by the City of
San Francisco (Dec. 2000).
Toppled by wind on April 1, 2003, it was restored by
the Dept. of Public Works, returned to its post by
Independence Day and relocated to this median in
January, 2005.
"Long Live the Doggie!"
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