The Combat Zone Of Old

**Viejo** · 04-16-08 12:50

Originally Posted by Rito1

The last one I think is the zone (it's a little old for me) Let me know.

that the last one, with the T globe, is Essex street. The window to the right is the last pane of the old Essex Deli site, then the T entrance, then the little package store that was patronized by all the zone denizens.

**Phat Bastard** · 04-16-08 10:58

Originally Posted by rito1

the last one i think is the zone (it's a little old for me) let me know.

holy shit, that second pic is a great find. any chance you could post or pm a link to where you found it? that place was the one i mentioned before that had the removable plexiglass and i haven't laid eyes on it since the 80's. judging by the the oldsmobuick in the street, that must have been taken not long before or after it closed. isn't that the pussycat on the corner next to the chinese theater?

my first pay for play bj was through that door right under where it says "nudes" when i was about 15. i didn't even have my learners permit yet and we'd all piled into the car of an older friend who had his license. this was before it became so sleazy that a group of **** teens would have been eaten alive. today, they'd say i was molested and that it warped me for life. i'd say they're wrong about the molested part anyway.

**Rito1** · 04-15-08 22:30

The last photo did not load, it was to big. Here is a link.
http://www.stevereeves.com/images/He...%20England.jpg

**Rito1** · 04-15-08 22:19

The last one I think is the zone (it's a little old for me) Let me know.

**Phat Bastard** · 03-21-08 08:31

Originally Posted by Tonytaz

Enough dents in the wall from my head, I Give Up!

Sorry Tony but the question remains unanswered until someone remembers or until months or years go by, so I'll re-ask it for someone else to answer (so please don't respond or bury the post).

Vanity plate, 80's and into the 90's on a car that cruised the zone area, hours after hour, day after day and year after year.

DAS _ _ _

"DAS" means "THE"

**Wiseass** · 03-21-08 01:34

Originally Posted by Phat Bastard

Here's a trivia question for guys who cruised the Zone and when I say "Zone" I really mean the whole are of the Zone, Chinatown, Park Square, Bay Village and Theater District.

If you drove around for hour after endless happy hour of window shopping then picking up the best that you saw, then you saw this in front of you many times over the course of an evening.

DAS _ _ _

Enough dents in the wall from my head, I Give Up!

**Viejo** · 03-20-08 01:45

Originally Posted by Boris1069

This place was the best.In between Washington and Harrison ave.
Live bands and tons of working girls

...and one of the czars of the 70's and 80's zone got his start here - the day bartender, Charlie, submerged after Ort's closed, then re-surfaced as the owner of Good Time Charlies on LaGrange. After that, he acquired the Picadilly, opened the Pussycat Lounge and The Mardi Gras (in the alley where the White Tower was). Two of the most colorful characters in the zone worked for him at Goodtime - Willy Moses and the bouncer, Moe. And Robin Benedict worked Goodtime Charlies - she was a hottie, albeit a bit greedy.

**Rito1** · 03-20-08 00:47

Originally Posted by Dan Wesson

What the hell was the name of the place that had the private booths where you put in coins and the screen went up and there was some naked chick dancing in there and you could put tips through a slot?

That was liberty book shop. They closed for a couple of years then opened back up where the rmv is as liberty book 2. The 1st one was better because they did not have tip slots. The girls just kept dancing. At lb2 no one would do anything unless you put $$ through the slot.-------------------------------------still the good ole days.

**Dan Wesson** · 03-19-08 19:02

What the hell was the name of the place that had the private booths where you put in coins and the screen went up and there was some naked chick dancing in there and you could put tips through a slot?

**Dan Wesson** · 03-19-08 18:59

Originally Posted by Phat Bastard

Karen Valentine, now there's a sweet memory unto itself that I'd long forgotten.

I think I am getting to know the ages of this group now! Karen Valentine was one of my wet dreams. I like thin women with nice racks! Strange her character was Alice Johnson.

**Boris1069** · 03-19-08 15:49

This place was the best.In between Washington and Harrison ave.
Live bands and tons of working girls

**Dan Wesson** · 03-19-08 06:25

Originally Posted by Viejo

The Pic was the only place that was down from street level. And you remember it well - it was bizarre. It had one of the darkest corners in the Zone, used for all sorts of clandestine kinky activities. It was rivaled for lack of light only by the dark corner in the Intermission.

Anyone know who owned the Picadilly?

The Pic was always the last stop of the evening with the crew I hung with. It was probably the last stop for all the other liquored up CZ'ers as well.

It was obviously a protected operation as I saw the girls do things right around the bar and out in the open that you don't see in a dark corner now. In fact, I think there was a better show to be found somewhere around the bar than the stage.

**Wiseass** · 03-19-08 01:41

Originally Posted by Phat Bastard

Karen Valentine, now there's a sweet memory unto itself that I'd long forgotten.

Hint: DAS means "THE".

I know DAS means "THE". Its German! So if we take the logical path, Zone in German is "Gebiet". No thats not it!

**D8811** · 03-18-08 23:08

I had my first CZ experience in the Caribe in 1972. The bar had this big thick pad at the edge.

I was so dazed that I put my beer down on the pad instead of the bar and spilled it all over me. Then. A young lady named Gloria came over and kindly helped me wipe my pants. I was young. Very excited. And well. The beer on my pants was nothing compared to the mess inside. She was so proud of herself!

I was hooked!

**Phat Bastard** · 03-18-08 22:52

Originally Posted by Viejo

...here's one for you: What was the name of the only strip club that was downstairs from street level on Washington Street? And another one: what was the fate of the 2 O'clock Lounge?

I don't know why they closed (maybe it can be googled?) but I know that afterwards at least part of the building became peep shows.

Nice skeevy ones where they had removable plexiglass

Viejo, this a friend of yours in the video?

http://openvault.wgbh.org/ntw/MLA000091/index.html