For the denizens of F Street, Penn Quarter and D.C., the Central Liquor sign was a lighthouse beacon for fine wines and liquors — possibly leading to a debacherous good time. And over the years, the sign and store have become mainstays of the Penn Quarter area. But since Central Liquors owners Alec Akopov, Gregory Baiatyan and Valery Akopov moved their booze emporium from at 917 F Street east to 625 E Street, the final resting place for the blade sign has been up in the air.

According to the Washington Times, the current Central Liquors location’s landlord has refused to install the sign due to its size, one-story tall, and store’s placement below residential units. Due to the difficulties with removing such a large sign, the Central Liquors owners simply abandoned it, leaving the issue to fall into the building manager’s lap. “If the new tenant can’t use it or rework it, then we’ll have to figure out a way to dispose of it. It’s a neat sign. The building itself is historic,” said Robin Mathews, a representative of 917 F Street’s property management company, to the Times. The article also notes that that the property management company has even approached Michel Richard’s Bistro Central if they’d be interested in using the sign.

Although a pop-up souvenir shop now occupies the space, the awkwardness of having the Central Liquors neon sign lit above would be only slight. After all, if you’re OK with dotting the landscape with more fake FBI hats and I Love D.C. sweatshirts, leaving up a misplaced sign isn’t much worse. And while the owners of the now-moved Central Liquors may be worried of business interference if the sign remains at 917, or elsewhere, abandonment seems to relinquish them of some rights to complain.

Whether the sign remains or is destroyed, take your snaps now before it disappears.