A few nice registering a business images I found:
Atlanta - Sweet Auburn: Odd Fellows Building and Auditorium
Image by wallyg
The Odd Fellows Building and Auditorium, located at 228-250 Auburn Avenue, were constructed in 1912 and 1913, respectively, to the design of Atlanta-based architect William Augustus Edwards. The building, dedicated by Booker T. Washington, served as the headquarters of the District Grand Lodge No. 18, Jurisdiction of Georgia, of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows of America. B.S., under the leadership of District Grand Master B.S. Ingram and District Grand Secretary Benjamin Jefferson Davis, Sr., Atlanta's most influential black journalist and editor of the Atlanta Independent.
The Jacobean Revival complex consist of the 6-story high Odd Fellows Building, called the Tower, and the 1,296 seat Auditorium next door, called the Annex, which rises 2 stories high with an additional 3-story atrium. The Annex was used for many years as The Royal Theatre, the only movie house in Atlanta where blacks could be seated on the main floor. In addition to meeting and office space for the Odd Fellows, the Tower provided office and store space for black-owned businesses, including Gate City Drug Store, owned by the Dr. Amos Moses, the first black pharmacist in Georgia, and the offices of Dr. Shaw, Atlanta's first black optometrist.
The Tower was restored in 1988 by Stang and Newdow, and the Auditorium was restored in 1991 by Perkins and Partners.
The Sweet Auburn Historic District is a historic African-American neighborhood, running Auburn Avenue, formerly known as Wheat Street. The name Sweet Auburn was coined by John Wesley Dobbs, who called it the "richest Negro street in the world." Its rise as the preeminent black district in Atlanta stemmed from the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot, after which many black businesses started to relocate from previously integrated downtown district.
Sweet Auburn Historic District National Register #76000631 (1986)
National Register #75000594 (1975)
Pig at Volcano Joe's
Image by mattlavery
On my trip to Hawaii last summer, Pig and I went to my most favorite restaurant on the planet, Volcano Joe’s. Pig was very excited to be there and asked the guy behind the counter if he could run the register. He agreed. Pig took my order very well, but I think he might have overcharged me.
On a side note, I recently found out that Volcano Joe’s has gone out of business and closed their doors for good. That makes Pig and me sad: Me, because I’ll never get to have their tasty goodness again or buy another t-shirt, and Pig, because he fears he might have broken the register and is somehow to blame.
