The large AOL logo that stood above the company’s Los Angeles headquarters is now gone. The Beverly Hills building looked a bit barren on Friday morning as their facilities team dismantled the logo that has defined the company for years in preparation to install the newly-designed version.

We managed to snap a few pictures while the facilities team took the old one down, and unfortunately many of the letters crumbled in the process. This was a tragedy in my opinion, because that logo is a piece of internet history. Fortunately, the most important part, the original triangle & circle symbol (pictured in the shopping cart), is in safe hands. After some sleuthing by some friends, we managed to get a tipster to reach out to TrendSlate with the disposal location. It is now residing in a safe place while we decide what to do with it. Stay tuned…

We’ve also considered holding our very own AOL-logo design competition, since the design community has been 50/50 on the version AOL decided upon last month. More on that later. For now, enjoy the pics..

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