Novelists Can't Stop Writing About Crappy Foot-Clinic Sign

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What is it about the rotating Sunset Foot Clinic podiatry sign on West Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, situated in a no man's land between Silver Lake and Echo Park, that so fascinates people—particularly artists and writers? On one side of the sign is a sad foot on crutches (in "biological turmoil," as LA Weekly once put it); on the other side is a happy foot in sneakers giving a thumbs-up. It's absolute dreck, but perhaps so bad it's good—even inspirational.

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