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Trouble is, Tail O’ the Pup owner Dennis Blake doesn’t have a place to roll it to.<\/p>\n
<\/br>The
\nlandmark hot dog stand that resembles a mustard-slathered
\nwienie-in-a-bun — featured in movies and music videos and considered
\nan important piece of L.A. architecture — has sat on wheels and been
\ncovered with a tarp in a Torrance warehouse since being evicted five
\nyears ago from its longtime home.
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<\/br>Blake badly wants to return the Pup to its chowhound followers. But he can’t find a spot to put the tiny hot-dog house.
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Crafted
\nfrom chicken wire and stucco, the stand measures 17 feet from wienie
\ntip to tip. It sits between a shiny aluminum travel trailer and a
\nfiberglass-hulled boat at the Wesco Self-Storage Center on Normandie
\nAvenue.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Pup had a few bites taken out of it when it was
\nbooted from San Vicente Boulevard in West Hollywood. But a couple of
\nstucco patches and some new paint will handle those, said Blake.
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"The dog itself doesn’t need a lot of work. We’d just have to build a kitchen and attach it to the back of it," he said.<\/p>\n