Beloved Statue Shack Is No More
Last week, Ray’s Statues, the venerable shack profiled in these very pages recently, was destroyed when it was involved in a car accident. Well, using the word “involved” makes it seem like the shack had some choice in the matter. In reality, it just sat there, unable to dodge a direct hit from the vehicular assassin. And maybe it was only a matter of time. Out there near the busy corner of La Brea and San Vicente, the shack could never be more than a stoic sitting duck (and a vendor of superb classical statues). There is still rubble surrounding the shattered, yellow mess of a former statue repository.
My roommate actually was at a nearby dry cleaner shortly after the incident and related to me this eyewitness account: “There were police all over the place and the statue place was already roped off with caution tape. There were little bits of statues everywhere. I love that dry cleaner though because I only went there once and they already know my name there.”
There are reports that the vehicle involved in the incident was an SUV. My roommate could not confirm this — he said the car had already been removed from the scene. We have no more information at this time. And so one question remains, who will fill the South-of-Wilshire shack void left in the wake of this destruction? While we hope everyone
involved in the accident is doing fine, we do know that for one person involved — someone named David™ — everything has just gone to pieces.
Ryan has been understandably shaken since the tragedy, but will follow with his own rememberance and tribute to the beloved statue shack as soon as he regains his composure.
Just checked out the wreckage for myself. Heartbreaking shackloss.
One oddity: a MAGEE’S DONUTS sits in the corner of that lot. Coincidence? I think not. I’ll continue to explore the magee’s /statue connection. Stay tuned.
It was a car accident?!? Darn. I passed by the other night, saw the rubble, and honestly thought the strong winds over the weekend were the culprit. That sounds far more romantic, the poor helpless shack getting thrashed by Mother Nature’s fury. Oh well, R.I.P. Statue Shack.
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Wow, i thought i was the only one who liked this place. Turns out I was there when it happened (OK, minutes after). I was visiting home (L.A.) and was on my way to the Beverly Center when I saw this black SUV (suburban) parked where the statue stand used to be. My thought was, “i hope the guy who runs that place was not in there”. I mean, nothing was left. What a memorable birthday. For that, and the deals I got that day at the mall while shopping with my girl.
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