The Diner

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  1. Joe Riley

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    Mom's Diner: "You'll eat it....and you'll like it!"

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    Detroit Michigan, 1955. Photo by Robert Frank

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    You can get anything you want... (as long as you have 16 minutes to waste on this video. :D)

     
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    I wonder what the girls are talking about. Photo by Peter Stackpole, 1937

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    The sailor is holding her jacket....they are a cupple!;)
     
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    Mark's Place, Cleveland, Ohio, 1933. (Mark's car out front)

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    Later to become Ted's Place, inside, 1956 ..... LARGER PICTURE

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    And finally, Close Quarters Pub, 2018

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    Exterior view of the former Big Dig Diner now operating as Nancy's Diner In Grafton, Ohio
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    On the wall in the back room at Nancy's :cool:

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    Our diners were called milk bars.

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    The new (2005)
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    Hopper, Nighthawks (VIDEO)

    Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, 1942, oil on canvas, 84.1 x 152.4 cm / 33-1/8 x 60 inches (The Art Institut of Chicago) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris & Dr. Steven Zucker.Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
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    It was fun to listen to those two people discuss that painting, and mention every little detail, as if each contained a message sent by the artist. I would like to know what the artist was thinking at the time.

    I see a place where I would like to be, just as it is depicted, except for the fish bowl atmosphere.
     
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