The Roof of
the Fox Theater on Peachtree Street in Atlanta.
On a tour of the Fox the docent led us out to the roof and I took a
picture. It was pivotal to the Gypsy
Ball Room, the balcony of the theater, and the apartment of the Phantom of Fox.
I suppose
people came out here on warm nights to get a break from the ball room, or
during intermission for a quick smoke and maybe there was a bartender. Those round things look like table tops.
And maybe
Joe Patten was mingling with the people.
Joe was known as The Phantom of the Fox because he lived there and the
owner (Atlanta Historical Society) could not evict him. One time he got the Mighty Moe Organ back up
and running. And another time he saved
the Fox from going up in flames and saved much of the values and furniture. For that he was promised by whomever owned it
at the time he that he could live there
for life, which ended almost one year ago, April 7, 2016.
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