Effort under way to save historic McDonald`s `Store No. 1`
(Artdaily.org)

It has been closed to visitors for a decade with few noticing. But, when McDonald`s announced it would demolish `Store No. 1,` a small midwestern US community rallied to save the structure. Built on the site in a Chicago suburb of the first McDonald`s franchise restaurant, it is actually a replica of the original. Coming to the proposed rescue is another institution commemorating a distinctly American endeavor: the automobile. The Volo Auto Museum, located in a small community near the border of two midwestern states, Wisconsin and Illinois, has asked the fast food giant to give the replica to the museum. Museum chief Brian Grams told AFP on Friday that he has not yet received a response from McDonald`s. `With the holiday, I would expect a delay. Finger crossed I hear something early (next) week!` he said by email.