Pepsi-Cola sign got historic landmark designation in New York

Iconic Pepsi-Cola sign on the banks of East River of New York on 13 April 2016 was declared as a historic landmark after 25 years of discussion.
•    The sign of 60 feet high and 120 feet long was built in 1936 and installed atop a Pepsi bottling plant in an industrial area bordering the East River in Long Island City.
•    Its steel and porcelain letters and giant Pepsi bottle have long been part of the view from the East Side of Manhattan.
•    The sign was restored in 1993 after being damaged in a winter storm.
•    New York City's landmark commission with a unanimous vote declared it as historic land mark after having discussions for around 25 years which began in 1988 and concluded on 13 April 2016.
•    In 1999, the bottling plant was closed and then sold and demolished in 2001. But the sign was preserved and reinstalled a short distance away in a park that opened in 1998, Gantry Plaza State Park.
•    It has appeared in several films, including Munich and The Interpreter in 2005.