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The name "Combat Zone" was popularized through a series of exposé articles on the area Jean Cole wrote for the Boston Daily Record in the 1960s. [1] The moniker described an area that resembled a war zone both because of its well-known crime and violence, and because many soldiers and sailors on shore leave from the Charlestown (Boston) Navy Yard frequented the many strip clubs and brothels ...
The Playland Café was in a part of town that became known in the 1960s as the Combat Zone. The bar was popular with drag queens. [9] Writing in 2007, Boston Globe reporter Robert Sullivan recalled it as "a Combat Zone bar known for its sketchy clientele, banged-up piano, and year-round Christmas lights." [10]
Musicians played on two floors: in the main room at street level, and in a room upstairs called El Tropico. Izzy Ort's was one of the first strip bars in what would later become known as Boston's Combat Zone. As a popular hangout for sailors, it was notorious among musicians for being a rough place to play. [1]
The Liberty Tree District is a roughly L-shaped district, centered on the southeast corner of Washington and Essex Streets in downtown Boston. This corner was at the edge of the area known in the 20th century as Boston's Combat Zone , or adult entertainment district.
Downtown Crossing is a shopping district within Downtown Boston, Massachusetts, located east of Boston Common, west of the Financial District, south of Government Center, and north of Chinatown and the old Combat Zone. It features large department stores as well as restaurants, souvenir sellers, general retail establishments, and street vendors.
A photo of Volpe examining the plaque from a fire engine ladder appeared on page one of the October 6, 1966 edition of the Boston Herald. [12] In 1974, funding was approved for a small park at Washington and Essex, which was part of an area known as the Combat Zone at the time. [13]
The U.S. maintains just under 1,000 troops on bases in Syria and a further 2,500 in Iraq, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.
Combat Zone or Conflict Zone is a location of military or other combat, but the term may also refer to: Combat Zone (Boston), the nickname for an adult entertainment district in downtown Boston, Massachusetts; Combat Zone, a music video program on Canadian music television station MuchMusic