 CLEVELAND'S
LUNCH
Orlando Cleveland
opened a little restaurant, "Cleveland's Lunch Room", in
this location in 1911. It catered to the men who worked in the
foundries and machines shops along the old "Factory Row".
When Cleveland died in 1950, the restaurant was taken over by William
Anderson, who had been working there since 1919. The business was
out of operation for a year while the old building was torn down and the
restaurant shown in this photo was erected. Anderson died in 1972,
and the restaurant was bought by Quentin Braun, who operated it until his
decision to retire led to its closing in 1992.
For a number of years
prior to the closing, WORT/FM broadcast its morning show, "Breakfast
Special", from the dining room of Cleveland's (in this photo, to the
left of the counter area).
Another restaurant calling itself "Cleveland's
Diner"
opened there in 1994; the sign, however, is gone.
In this photograph, the guy in the paper cook's hat studying the newspaper is
the proprietor, Quentin Braun.
 THE
STRAND
Built in the 1880's.
Showed its last movie on January 28, 1990.
The
auditorium was demolished in the early '90s, but the front part of the building,
including the marquee, sat vacant for years, part of a row of closed businesses
on that block of the Capitol Square.
In December, 1996, after the marquee's sign was
taken down and given to the Wisconsin State Historical Society, the building was
demolished.
A blocky office building now squats there.
HOTEL WASHINGTON
The Hotel Washington
was located on West Washington Avenue, adjacent to the Milwaukee Road
railroad depot.
 In
later years
had been home to Rod's Club, a gay bar; Club de Wash, a music venue;
Barber's Closet (and Salon), Cafe Palms, and others.
Preceded in
death by its owner, Rodney Scheel, who died in 1990; he had
purchased it in 1975 and had been instrumental in its development into a
local cultural center over the following years.
The
Hotel Washington
was destroyed by fire in February, 1996.
THE
602 CLUB
At (of course) 602
University Avenue.
I can't claim to have been a regular, but I tipped my share of schooners
there during the '70s.
"The Six" closed in March, 1994.
It was replaced by
"Wando's", a [shudder] sports bar.
 Visit the
memorial website for lots
of great photos of the place and its denizens, as well as a guestbook with
sniffles and rants of many of the latter.
 THE
FOUR HORSEMEN OF . . .
Not really a Madison
landmark.
Purely personal. Just some guys I
knew.
Circa - what,
1972? Something like that.
Kitten by Milton
out of Foxy Lady.
Photo by Dave
Lewane
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