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# Sidecar — The Comedy Store block, 8433 Sunset Blvd
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| Field | Value |
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| --- | --- |
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| Venue / block | The Comedy Store (game: The Joke Shop), Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood |
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| Folder | `docs/screens/refs/joke-shop/` |
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| Collected by | project (agent session, 2026-11-03) |
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| Date range | 2006–2020 (original captures); downloaded 2026-11-03 |
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| Intended use | venue three-up board, canopy/frontage proportions, hillside silhouette |
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| Shipped? | no — development reference only; not bundled with the game or releases |
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## Photographs
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| File | Subject | View | Source | Author | Licence | Captured | Purpose | Shipped |
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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| `comedy-store-hillside-canopy-day-pd-2006-12-29.jpg` | Comedy Store and the hillside behind it | day, across Sunset | <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ComedyStore_01.jpg> | Gary Minnaert | Public domain | 2006-12-29 | street wall height, canopy depth, hillside houses and palms | no |
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| `comedy-store-frontage-palms-day-pd-2006-12-29.jpg` | Frontage with palms and the wall sign | day, straight on | <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ComedyStore_02.jpg> | Gary Minnaert | Public domain | 2006-12-29 | blade sign size/height, wall length, palm rhythm, entrance position | no |
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| `comedy-store-signature-band-day-wikimedia-2020-04-09.jpg` | Canopy signatures and red curtains | day, three-quarter | <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Comedy_Store_West_Hollywood_(51017780551).jpg> | 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 |
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Licence text: [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/). The CC BY file is also
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credited in [`../../../CREDITS.md`](../../../CREDITS.md) under "Development-only reference images".
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Not used: `File:The Comedy Store.jpg` (CC BY-SA 3.0) from the map document's original link list.
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The two public-domain frames above cover the same evidence, so the share-alike review was not
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needed for this board.
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## Redactions and permissions
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- No identifiable faces, licence plates or interiors in the committed crops; the plate area of the
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parked car in the first photo is already unreadable at this resolution.
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- Exterior public frontage only. The interior signature wall photo found in the Commons search was
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**not** downloaded or committed.
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## What was derived from this set
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| Decision | Evidence | Where it landed |
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| 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 |
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| 4.9 m sloped canopy with a signature fascia | block and canopy photos | canopy slab geometry and the `Label3D` signature bands |
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| 3.9 m circular blade sign on a roof pole | frontage photo | blade sign mesh and its night emissive |
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| Hillside houses and palms above the roofline | block photo | `SunsetHillside` backdrop geometry |
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| Red curtain bays between entrance and east end | signature-band photo | curtain bays and the entrance curtain |
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## Generated boards used with this set
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Generated frames are kept in [`../../concepts/joke_shop/`](../../concepts/joke_shop/README.md) and
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are used for palette and night mood only; shape follows the photographs.
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| Board | Path | Model | Generated | Spend |
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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| Joke Shop entrance, day | `docs/screens/concepts/joke_shop/joke_shop_entrance_day.png` | `openai/gpt-5-image-mini` | 2026-11-02 | ~$0.01 |
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| Joke Shop entrance, night | `docs/screens/concepts/joke_shop/joke_shop_entrance_night.png` | `openai/gpt-5-image-mini` | 2026-11-02 | ~$0.01 |
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| 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 |
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## Notes
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- Images re-encoded as JPEG q85 with EXIF removed (no GPS or camera metadata committed); the
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untouched downloads stay outside the repository.
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- `File:The Comedy Store West Hollywood (51017780551).jpg` asks for a dofollow attribution link;
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the link is included above and in `CREDITS.md`.
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