Diving Lady - Mesa, AZ
Posted by: The Snowdog
N 33° 24.935 W 111° 46.358
12S E 428163 N 3697626
The "Diving Lady" neon sign at the Starlite Hotel has been restored to its former glory - in Mesa, Arizona.
Waymark Code: WM13M4D
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 01/04/2021
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The "Diving Lady" neon sign at the Starlite Motel in Mesa is sufficiently famous to rate entries on "Roadside Attraction" web sites. After the sign was severely damaged by a storm in 2010, the city funded the restoration of the sign and waived zoning restrictions to permit the animated sign to return. Larry Graham, owner of Graham's Neon, performed the restoration; he had been taught by the man who originally built that sign. You can read more in
this news article.