diff --git a/CREDITS.md b/CREDITS.md
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--- a/CREDITS.md
+++ b/CREDITS.md
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ their folder sidecar:
- `docs/screens/refs/hollywood/premiere-staging-street-day-wikimedia-2006-02-12.jpg` — John
Barreiros, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
- Public-domain files in the same folder: Charles W. Beam (1922) and Gary Minnaert (2006).
+- `docs/screens/refs/joke-shop/comedy-store-signature-band-day-wikimedia-2020-04-09.jpg` — Tony
+ Mariotti, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons ( as requested).
+- Public-domain files in the Joke Shop folder: Gary Minnaert (2006).
## AI-assisted images
diff --git a/MEMORY.md b/MEMORY.md
index 4b717aa..8e8a465 100644
--- a/MEMORY.md
+++ b/MEMORY.md
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ Session memory for durable decisions, state, and gotchas. Keep concise, remove o
rapid thumbnail downloads (HTTP 429) - fetch all metadata in one `titles=A|B|C` query and space
the downloads. `check_docs` requires each image to be linked from its folder `README.md`, so each
venue folder needs both `README.md` (board) and `SIDECAR.md` (provenance).
+- **Joke Shop reference board (2026-11-03):** three photos in `docs/screens/refs/joke-shop/` (PD x2
+ by Gary Minnaert 2006, CC BY 2.0 by Tony Mariotti 2020) covering the hillside/canopy block, the
+ frontage with palms and the signature-band/curtain detail. `The Comedy Store.jpg` (CC BY-SA 3.0)
+ from the old link list was deliberately skipped: the PD frames cover the same evidence and no
+ share-alike review was needed. The CC BY file requests a dofollow link, recorded in its sidecar
+ and CREDITS.
- **Imagery evidence model (2026-11-03):** `TODO.md` now separates three image sources that must
not be mixed: licensed real-location photos (evidence of what a place looks like), generated
concept boards (art-direction proposals with model/prompt/spend provenance), and build captures
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
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--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -152,8 +152,12 @@ and never ship a generated or downloaded image without provenance.
Ovation across street, premiere staging) with a sidecar and per-image purpose, linked from
`docs/hollywood-boulevard-map.md` and credited in `CREDITS.md`. Cropped the foreground crowd
out of the facade shot; EXIF stripped. (`docs/screens/refs/hollywood/`.)
-- [ ] Joke Shop board: licence-cleared Sunset Strip photos (canopy, blade sign, hillside,
- across-street frontage) with the same sidecar, and link it from `docs/joke-shop-map.md`.
+- [x] Joke Shop board: three licence-cleared photos (hillside/canopy block, frontage with palms,
+ canopy signature band) with a sidecar, linked from `docs/joke-shop-map.md` and credited in
+ `CREDITS.md`. The CC BY-SA `The Comedy Store.jpg` from the old link list was deliberately not
+ used; the public-domain frames cover the same evidence. (`docs/screens/refs/joke-shop/`.)
+- [ ] Fill the Joke Shop gaps: night canopy/sign, entrance recess, south-side neighbours, hillside
+ house detail.
- [ ] TV Studio board: licence-cleared studio-entrance photos (or a documented decision to use
generated concepts only, with the reason) and its sidecar.
- [ ] Fill the remaining Hollywood gaps noted in the board README: night facade, Walk of Fame
diff --git a/docs/joke-shop-map.md b/docs/joke-shop-map.md
index 436654b..9e4031a 100644
--- a/docs/joke-shop-map.md
+++ b/docs/joke-shop-map.md
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ just as with the Hollywood day/night rows.
## References
+The committed, license-cleared photo board for this block — with the provenance sidecar and the
+decisions each photo informed — is in
+[`screens/refs/joke-shop/README.md`](screens/refs/joke-shop/README.md).
+
- OpenStreetMap way 428854155:
- Wikimedia Commons photographs used for proportion and material study:
-
diff --git a/docs/screens/refs/joke-shop/README.md b/docs/screens/refs/joke-shop/README.md
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+# Joke Shop / Sunset Strip reference board
+
+Licensed photographs of the real Comedy Store block at 8433 Sunset Boulevard, used as evidence for
+the game's second venue: the low black hall, the deep signature canopy, the circular blade sign, the
+red curtain bays and the dry hillside that rises directly behind the roofline.
+
+Development reference only; not shipped with the game. Provenance and licences are in
+[`SIDECAR.md`](SIDECAR.md). Folder rules: [`../README.md`](../README.md). Generated art-direction
+frames: [`../../concepts/joke_shop/`](../../concepts/joke_shop/README.md).
+
+| Photo | What it is evidence for |
+| --- | --- |
+|  | **Block and hillside.** The hall's height against the boulevard, the canopy depth from the street, and the dry slope with houses and palms rising behind the roofline. |
+|  | **Frontage rhythm.** Blade sign height and diameter, the flat black wall, palm placement, kerb setback and where the entrance sits in the run. |
+|  | **Canopy and curtain detail.** Signature density on the fascia, the white band width, the red curtain bays and the warm interior spill at dusk. |
+
+## Gaps to fill
+
+- A night photograph of the canopy, blade sign and red curtain wash (the current night evidence is
+ the generated concept frame and the game capture).
+- A closer view of the entrance recess and door hardware.
+- An across-street frame showing the neighbouring frontages on the south side of Sunset.
+- A hillside detail showing the house rooflines above the club.
+
+Add new files with the naming convention in [`../README.md`](../README.md) and list them in the
+sidecar in the same commit.
diff --git a/docs/screens/refs/joke-shop/SIDECAR.md b/docs/screens/refs/joke-shop/SIDECAR.md
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+# Sidecar — The Comedy Store block, 8433 Sunset Blvd
+
+| Field | Value |
+| --- | --- |
+| Venue / block | The Comedy Store (game: The Joke Shop), Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood |
+| Folder | `docs/screens/refs/joke-shop/` |
+| Collected by | project (agent session, 2026-11-03) |
+| Date range | 2006–2020 (original captures); downloaded 2026-11-03 |
+| Intended use | venue three-up board, canopy/frontage proportions, hillside silhouette |
+| Shipped? | no — development reference only; not bundled with the game or releases |
+
+## Photographs
+
+| File | Subject | View | Source | Author | Licence | Captured | Purpose | Shipped |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| `comedy-store-hillside-canopy-day-pd-2006-12-29.jpg` | Comedy Store and the hillside behind it | day, across Sunset | | Gary Minnaert | Public domain | 2006-12-29 | street wall height, canopy depth, hillside houses and palms | no |
+| `comedy-store-frontage-palms-day-pd-2006-12-29.jpg` | Frontage with palms and the wall sign | day, straight on | | Gary Minnaert | Public domain | 2006-12-29 | blade sign size/height, wall length, palm rhythm, entrance position | no |
+| `comedy-store-signature-band-day-wikimedia-2020-04-09.jpg` | Canopy signatures and red curtains | day, three-quarter | | Tony Mariotti (Los Angeles; [rubyhome.com](https://www.rubyhome.com/)) | CC BY 2.0 | 2020-04-09 | signature density, fascia band width, curtain bays, interior spill | no |
+
+Licence text: [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/). The CC BY file is also
+credited in [`../../../CREDITS.md`](../../../CREDITS.md) under "Development-only reference images".
+
+Not used: `File:The Comedy Store.jpg` (CC BY-SA 3.0) from the map document's original link list.
+The two public-domain frames above cover the same evidence, so the share-alike review was not
+needed for this board.
+
+## Redactions and permissions
+
+- No identifiable faces, licence plates or interiors in the committed crops; the plate area of the
+ parked car in the first photo is already unreadable at this resolution.
+- Exterior public frontage only. The interior signature wall photo found in the Commons search was
+ **not** downloaded or committed.
+
+## What was derived from this set
+
+| Decision | Evidence | Where it landed |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| 27 m frontage, 8.4 m street wall, 12.2 m OSM height | frontage photo measured against the door width | `docs/joke-shop-map.md`, `WorldBuilder` `comedy_store` spec |
+| 4.9 m sloped canopy with a signature fascia | block and canopy photos | canopy slab geometry and the `Label3D` signature bands |
+| 3.9 m circular blade sign on a roof pole | frontage photo | blade sign mesh and its night emissive |
+| Hillside houses and palms above the roofline | block photo | `SunsetHillside` backdrop geometry |
+| Red curtain bays between entrance and east end | signature-band photo | curtain bays and the entrance curtain |
+
+## Generated boards used with this set
+
+Generated frames are kept in [`../../concepts/joke_shop/`](../../concepts/joke_shop/README.md) and
+are used for palette and night mood only; shape follows the photographs.
+
+| Board | Path | Model | Generated | Spend |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| Joke Shop entrance, day | `docs/screens/concepts/joke_shop/joke_shop_entrance_day.png` | `openai/gpt-5-image-mini` | 2026-11-02 | ~$0.01 |
+| Joke Shop entrance, night | `docs/screens/concepts/joke_shop/joke_shop_entrance_night.png` | `openai/gpt-5-image-mini` | 2026-11-02 | ~$0.01 |
+| Joke Shop across the street | `docs/screens/concepts/joke_shop/joke_shop_across_street.png` | `openai/gpt-5-image-mini` | 2026-11-02 | ~$0.01 |
+
+## Notes
+
+- Images re-encoded as JPEG q85 with EXIF removed (no GPS or camera metadata committed); the
+ untouched downloads stay outside the repository.
+- `File:The Comedy Store West Hollywood (51017780551).jpg` asks for a dofollow attribution link;
+ the link is included above and in `CREDITS.md`.
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