The Diner

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

 

Detroit Michigan, 1955. Photo by Robert Frank

 

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

 

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

 

The sailor is holding her jacket....they are a cupple!

 

Mark's Place, Cleveland, Ohio, 1933. (Mark's car out front)



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



And finally, Close Quarters Pub, 2018

 

Exterior view of the former Big Dig Diner now operating as Nancy's Diner In Grafton, Ohio

 

On the wall in the back room at Nancy's

 

Our diners were called milk bars.

The old (60s)

The new (2005)

 

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.

 

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.