Todd Blatt
For the next few months, there will be an absence on Baltimore’s waterfront.
Letter-by-letter, the iconic Domino Sugars sign was removed this month after shining out on the city since 1951. The piece of Baltimore’s industrial legacy isn’t going away. Rather, it’s being replaced with a new Domino Sugars sign, which will have modern upgrades like LED bulbs. As the Baltimore Sun reported, the company is assuring folks that the look of the sign won’t be any different when version 2.0 is installed this summer.
However, with the sign being taken down, there’s something of a void for the community. Baltimoreans have attempted to fill it by creating memes as the letters were removed and tracking where in the city the giant icons will end up after disassmebling.
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