McDonald`s to demolish `Store No. 1` historic replica
(Artdaily.org)

It has stood alone, closed to visitors, for a decade -- a historic replica built on the site of the first McDonald`s franchise restaurant in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines. The fast food giant on Tuesday said it will demolish the time capsule from a past American era. The sign outside advertises 15-cent hamburgers -- just as it would have in 1955, when the company`s founder Ray Kroc opened `Store No. 1.` It was his first franchised restaurant after buying the brand from owners Richard and Maurice McDonald. The company recreated the store 30 years later as a museum -- complete with red and white tile, and mannequins in original McDonald`s outfits. The Chicago Tribune newspaper remembered it as a popular tourist destination. Frequent flooding closed the attraction to visitors in