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Hi Jesters Court had a leopard behind the bar.

I remember "The Cork and Cleaver" in that area but I don't think that was it.

Thanks to everyone who pitched in with the name of the restaurant...and even some interesting facts about Jester's Court. Now...if I could learn the approximate time the restaurant was open...well,

Was it the Cork and Cleaver?

I believe it to be "Jester's Court"

Hi. I can't for the life of me recall the name of a restaurant that was on the corner of Wilmot and Tanque Verde.where Jimmie John's is today. The restaurant was a super club with a live tiger in the

Wow! Great article on some of Tucson's "hidden treasures" by an east coast sesquipedalian. Not only did I get some perspective on some of my home town's mid-century modern architecture, but I

Cool article in the NY Times: "In Tucson, an Unsung Architectural Oasis" One of the city’s better-kept secrets is how often you can find significant examples of mid-20th century architecture.

A couple of years ago I was working on some of Anne Rysedale's projects (she was the only female architect in town for several years and did a lot of beautiful work), and today I found the old list I

Hello Catherine, Thanks for letting us know the history of that building. I had no idea it was originally a Wash Well designed by Cecil Moore. I posted the sketch from the 1952 Citizen that you

As I was driving on Speedway a couple of weeks ago, I noticed the Guilin's Restaurant had an all too familiar fence around it, as well as a known demolition vehicle. So I did some research....The Wash

Carlos, Charles Amesbury, aka Chuck Waggin, left us in 1993. He also drew the Sonora Desert Museum's official spokescat, George L. Mountainlion. He served as KVOA Channel 4's art director for many

Hello Blue Whale, That's so great that you knew that. Is Chuck Waggin still with us? In Tucson? I might be able to do something for Modernism around his work. Thanks, Carlos p.s. please contact me

The caricatures of Sid were done by Chuck Waggin, a Tucson cartoonist for many years. He did a lot of art work for early TV advertising in the 50's and 60's.

Life Magazine published that photo 1966 or so...foloowing the murders of Aileen Rowe and sisters Gretchen and Wendy Fritz. At that time, Speedway had curbed medians, with the 3-4 foot high concrete

At that time Speedway was called "The Ugliest Street In America," by Life Magazine it didn't have a true median; It had a hump, a linear speed hump, about 8 inches tall and maybe 4-6 feet wide and

Thanks, Carlos. I remember the Feud-a-Thon. Inspired by a DJ in New York who stayed awake for more than a week. Sid's was where Fronimo's is now. 3242 E. Speedway. So it was in the part of Speedway

Unfortunately, the "Feud-a-thon" happened before I started paying attention to things around town. The question about the radio formats, though, I can answer here. 1490 KAIR was the original frequency

Wonderful news!! Thanks Carlos! That place has a very special place in the hearts of my husband and I since it was my research on it that brought him into my life a few years back. I had sent the

Hello Catherine, The great news is that the sign was recently rescued by the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation after Domino's decided not to restore the sign. This is just another example of all