Archival shots of the Shop

By Ben McAllister -
Brother Kurt found these three shots online recently - two are archival exteriors of the building, one pre- and one post-Aurora Cycle, the other a shot of the restaurant that occupied the building before we did. I'll let Kurt chime in with details on how he found them.

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