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(Left) The Starlite Motel in Mesa, shown Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. (Right) The Starlite during the renovation of the "Diving Lady" and "M-O-T-E-L" sign.
The Starlite Motel's Diving Lady back in operation, shown Wednesday, March 27, 2013 in Mesa, after being knocked down in a storm in 2010. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
The Starlite Motel's Diving Lady back in operation, shown Wednesday, March 27, 2013 in Mesa, after being knocked down in a storm in 2010. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
The Starlite Motel's Diving Lady back in operation, shown Wednesday, March 27, 2013 in Mesa, after being knocked down in a storm in 2010. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
The rededication of an East Valley icon is expected to happen in less than a month.
One of Mesa’s iconic landmarks at a Mesa motel has taken a belly-flop onto a concrete parking lot, but there’s a possibility the city will let it rise again.
One of Mesa’s iconic landmarks at a Mesa motel has taken a belly-flop onto a concrete parking lot, but there’s a possibility the city will let it rise again.
For the next several months, a portion of Mesa’s iconic neon Diving Lady sign is going to make a splash with the shopping crowd.
The iconic Diving Lady neon sign is poised to resurface at Mesa’s Starlite Motel after an outpouring of support from groups and individuals who miss seeing the 50-year-old landmark.
The iconic Diving Lady neon sign is poised to resurface at Mesa’s Starlite Motel after an outpouring of support from groups and individuals who miss seeing the 50-year-old landmark.
As the holiday season ends, busy streets and neighborhoods go dim, with homeowners and business people pulling the plug on their colorful displays.
FILE PHOTO - Part of the Starlite Motel's Diving Lady sign was on display at Mesa's Fiesta Mall.
The Starlite Motel's "Diving Lady" sign on Wednesday, March 9, 2011, will be taken to Fiesta Mall where it will be on display for the next several months in hopes of eliciting donations for its restoration.
The Starlite Motel's "Diving Lady" sign on Wednesday, March 9, 2011, will be taken to Fiesta Mall where it will be on display for the next several months in hopes of eliciting donations for its restoration.
The Starlite Motel sign as it looked in August 2012 located on Main Street between Gilbert Road and Lindsay Road in Mesa, Arizona. The famous "Diving Lady" was located on the black motel sign until a storm in October 2010 brought the whole sign crashing down.
East Mesa's neon-sign decorated corridor harkens back to a bygone era that no longer sees the number of tourists flocking to places such as Starlite Motel along Main Street. Feb. 20, 2009
East Mesa's neon-sign decorated corridor harkens back to a bygone era that no longer sees the number of tourists flocking to places such as Starlite Motel along Main Street. Feb. 20, 2009
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.
Todd Glass, left, and Brian Barela of Graham's Neon and Electric Sign Specialists in Mesa load up a portion of the Starlite Motel's "Diving Lady" sign on Wednesday, March 9, 2011, to be taken to Fiesta Mall where it will be on display for the next several months in hopes of eliciting donations for its restoration.
Brian Barela, left, and Todd Glass of Graham's Neon and Electric Sign Specialists in Mesa load up a portion of the Starlite Motel's "Diving Lady" sign on Wednesday, March 9, 2011, to be taken to Fiesta Mall where it will be on display for the next several months in hopes of eliciting donations for its restoration.
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