Noting lasts forever. Including the arch welcoming all to Burien. The WAS at the intersection of 152nd Street and 1st AVenue South. Last Wednesday, a guy in a big truck with a crane on top knock down the sign as he headed west into town. He said he did not realize the appendage was so high. Witnesses said the collision made a resounding boom on the street as the metalwork was ripped from its concrete bases on either side of the street. Maybe the arch should be a little higher. And across 148th instead, where the actual entrance to Burien is from the outside world