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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Saving the First Taco Bell

    The original Taco Bell restaurant, built in 1962, has been saved from the wrecking ball. Tomorrow night, the whole thing will be moved from its original location in Downey to Taco Bell Headquarters in Irvine.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 18, 2015 • 1 min read

    The original Taco Bell restaurant, built in 1962, has been saved from the wrecking ball. Tomorrow night, the whole thing will be moved from its original location in Downey to Taco Bell Headquarters in Irvine.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Los Angeles magazine

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    The full episode

    4 of 4
    What ISIS Wants, Saving the First Taco Bell, and Sam Phillips
    1. 0:29What Does ISIS Want?
    2. 16:56Central American Migrant Crisis Intensifies
    3. 27:25'Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll'
    4. 42:30Saving the First Taco BellYou’re reading this
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