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The State Theatre, 1967 by Nick DeWolf "Combat Zone" was the name given in the 1960s to the adult entertainment district in downtown Boston, Massachusetts.Centered on Washington Street between Boylston Street and Kneeland Street, the area was once the site of many strip clubs, peep shows, X-rated movie theaters, and adult bookstores.
Joe Cicerone, Harry Booras and Rich Clements founded The Channel in 1980, [1] choosing the name because the club sat at the edge of the Fort Point Channel, which separates South Boston from the Financial District. The club was on the other side and a little south of where the Boston Tea Party took place (old Griffin's Wharf) in 1773.
A neon sign at Jacques Cabaret. Jacques Cabaret (also stylized as Jacque's Cabaret) is the oldest continuously operating gay bar in Boston, Massachusetts.Located in the Bay Village neighborhood, it is known for its nightly drag shows and as the venue where drag performer Katya Zamolodchikova got her start hosting a monthly burlesque show, Perestroika.
The Union Club of Boston, founded in 1863, is one of the oldest gentlemen's clubs in the United States. It is located on Beacon Hill , adjacent to the Massachusetts State House . The clubhouse at No. 7 and No. 8 Park Street was originally the homes of John Amory Lowell (#7), and Abbott Lawrence (#8). [ 1 ]
For much of its history, Storyville was located on the ground floor of Hotel Buckminster, Kenmore Square in the space shown here occupied by Pizzeria Uno.. Storyville was a Boston jazz nightclub organized by Boston-native, jazz promoter and producer George Wein during the 1940s.
In 1950, Boston native George Wein moved his Storyville nightclub to the ground floor of the Hotel Buckminster. A number of notable performers, especially jazz musicians, were featured in this new venue, including Louis Armstrong , Dave Brubeck , Red Garland , Erroll Garner , Billie Holiday , Charles Mingus , Charlie Parker , and Sarah Vaughan .
The W BOSTON Hotel and Residences is a 301-feet-tall tower [1] (92 m) located in the Boston Theater District of Downtown/Midtown neighborhood, Boston, Massachusetts (USA). The 26-story building, [ 2 ] completed in 2009, [ 3 ] is a mixed-use development with hotel, condo, restaurant, spa, retail, and bar components.
The Dudley Terrace–Dudley Street Historic District is a historic district encompassing a cluster of four multifamily brick buildings in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Centered on the junction of Dudley Street and Virginia Avenue, the area was developed in the mid-1890s, and includes good examples of Queen Anne and ...