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The Austin s Restaurant entrance at 23 Second St. SW in Rochester. (Courtesy of the History Center of Olmsted County)
In 1934, the 73-year-old International Order of Odd Fellows building was renovated with a new brick veneer and decorative work. Inside walls were removed, creating one L-shaped space with two doors on two different streets.
When Raymond and Alice Austin purchased the Seville Café in 1936, they embraced the idea of the two entrances by creating two completely different facades for their restaurant. With tongue in cheek, they advertised Austin’s Restaurant at 23 Second St. SW and Austins at 118 First Ave. SW.
After the Austins left in 1941, the landlord built a new interior wall with the Green Parrot Café on the Second Street Southwest side, and Otarion of Rochester, a hearing aid business, on First Avenue Southwest. It didn’t take long for the wall to be removed again and for the Green Parrot to expand with two entrances, a tradition that the downtown E
The camera as a “revolutionary tool”: Joan. E. Biren on unifying lesbians in their struggle for freedom
In 1971, JEB began photographing lesbians, building a crucial body of work that now stands at 64,400 images. Here, Gem Fletcher chats to her about the transformative nature of her work, her life-long commitment to social justice and the community her practice built.
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When I joined my call with Joan E. Biren (known as JEB) about the reissue of her landmark book
Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians, I had no idea what was in store. The 20-minute standard press chat ran well over an hour as she took me on a journey through the highs and lows of a life fiercely dedicated to art and activism. There were laughs (JEB has extraordinary sharp wit) and there were tears (hers and mine) as we exchanged our own experiences as queer women in different decades. I knew five minutes in this would be a conversation I would never forget.