Sentimental Journey

[bighairy]

http://manhuntdaily.com/2013/03/flashback-friday-times-square-strip-1983/

 

Video at end of post. It'll make those of us who remember the 80s shed a tear

[tsgarp]

Thanks for sharing. Boy has that city changed.

[brettnyc]

Thanks for sharing. Boy has that city changed.

 

RIP

 

The Gaeity

View Bar

Rawhide

Splash

Stella's

The Web

Urge

....

 

slim pickins for strippers and those who love 'em left nowadays

[tsgarp]

Speaking of days gone by in NYC, anyone remember The Works on the UWS? WOW was that place wild!

[BaronArtz]

Yes, but now we will have a new mayor, who promised to turn back some of the more heinous practices of the Guiliani/Bloomberg era. I am optimistic!

[Diverdan]

I don't think the days of the Gaeity or similar places will ever come back in NYC, or anywhere else for that matter. Although I did not live in NYC at the time, I have many fond memories of that place and some of the other bars mentioned by Brettnyc above. Times have changed and the internet, availability of porn and the escort world has changed the scene for ever.

[EZEtoGRU]

RIP

 

The Gaeity

View Bar

Rawhide

Splash

Stella's

The Web

Urge

....

 

slim pickins for strippers and those who love 'em left nowadays

 

So true I also remember a gogo boy club that working boys would also go to at night called Cats or Catz. Roughly in the area of Stella's. Maybe a 2-4 block walk.

 

Although not a bar, I remember the Show Palace porn cruising space with male strippers. It was pretty sleazy but could be fun. That must have been in the late 70's or early 80's.

[ValleyDwellerNorth]

RIP

 

The Gaeity

View Bar

Rawhide

Splash

Stella's

The Web

Urge

....

 

slim pickins for strippers and those who love 'em left nowadays

 

Brett, ever make it to REDs? I know that was a bit later, but it was around with Stella's and The Gaiety. Great place where many of the Stella's boys would go.

[ted]

Walked past where the Gaiety was yesterday. Hadn't noticed before, but you can see the outline of the old steps up to it on the side of the Lunt-Fontanne and there actually is a door up at the top. I'm practically positive that whole building was torn down(where American Eagle is, not the theatre) so there probably is nothing of the Gaiety behind the door, but it is somehow evocative of times gone by.