Diving Lady prints benefit restoration
Diving Lady
Larry Graham, owner of Graham’s Neon and Electric Sign Specialists in Mesa, looks over the third portion of the iconic Diving Lady neon sign from the Starlite Motel he has been restoring for the Mesa Preservation Foundation. This section of the Diving Lady soon will be on display at the former Victoria’s Secret lingerie store space at Fiesta Mall for a fundraiser on Sept. 13, 2011.
Diving Lady
Larry Graham, owner of Graham’s Neon Sign Specialists in Mesa, looks over a recently restored portion of the iconic Diving Lady sign that is on track to be rededicated in front of the Starlite Motel in east Mesa after it was heavily damaged after a fall during a thunderstorm in October.
Diving Lady Painting
New York-based artist Mary Anne Erickson who is known for her renderings of Americana and vanishing roadside culture, is helping to raise funds for the restoration of Mesa’s iconic Diving Lady neon sign at the Starlite Motel. Erickson is selling 50 limited edition prints of the diving lady she painted in 2007 and donating $100 from the sales to the Mesa Preservation foundation which needs $25,000 to place the restored sign back in place. (Photo courtesy Mary Anne Erickson)
Mary Anne Erickson
New York-based artist Mary Anne Erickson, who completed an oil painting of Mesa’s Diving Lady neon sign in 2007. (Photo submitted)
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Leon Ceniceros posted at 10:34 am on Sat, May 12, 2012.
What a shame that on Wednesday morning there was a Mesa PD shooting incident with an Illegal Alien at a motel right next door to the StarLite Motel....at the Sun Land Motel.
Many of us old geezers can remember when Main Street in Mesa was a mecca for the tired traveler from California. When the StarLite Motel with it's "air-cooled" rooms were a much needed haven for the hot families traveling to New Mexico and beyond. There were no "air-cooled" motel until you got to Lordsburg, New Mexico...about 6-7 hours driving time. Us kids even loved the "un-heated" ice cold pool at the StarLite.....lol.
How times have changed for much of Main Street. What used to be a haven for the weary California traveler is now become a haven for the Illegal Aliens from Mexico.