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The pink Elephant Car Wash sign was designed by Seattle's Beatrice Haverfield in 1956, and from there she went on to create imagery that has become part of Seattle's history.

That sign was donated to Amazon in 2020 after the car wash announced it would close permanently during the COVID-19 pandemic in October of 2020.

It’s been a long time, years in fact, that a sign along East Kellogg has proclaimed that Charlie’s Car Wash will be reopening there. Now, the company finally has a realistic opening time frame.