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Originally posted by MrSteve


I remember the place well. $1 for a high mileage lap dance. One Porno star that loved DATY was named Veri Knotty ...her name fit her physical structure evidentally. My friend performed oral on her a few times. He was scared to hell when he found out she passed away a few years later. I'm not sure what the cause was.
Aaaah .... The Melody ! Later, the Harmony !!! It's because of the times that I spent in my wayward youth in these places, that all subsequent stripclub/underground places seem to be lacking to me . Although the places could be dumps, there were certainly fun times to be had there, and at very reasonable prices. Also, since there were enough girls, and enough guys, the hard sell hustle that you find at many UG events these days was much less evident in the Harmony/Melody.
 
jjhunsecker writes:
Aaaah .... The Melody ! Later, the Harmony !!! It's because of the times that I spent in my wayward youth in these places, that all subsequent stripclub/underground places seem to be lacking to me . Although the places could be dumps, there were certainly fun times to be had there, and at very reasonable prices. Also, since there were enough girls, and enough guys, the hard sell hustle that you find at many UG events these days was much less evident in the Harmony/Melody. >>

Thanks JJ, It's good to share these memories of my youth with someone that was there right along with me. Heck we could have even been sitting next to each other at the Melody at one time. While my memories are of the women..there was this one oldtimer at the Melody Burlesk house ....he would bring his own flashlight and shine it up the girls privates on stage. That's probably the only time I remember a customer besides something other than a blank face or the friends I went to the place with.
I was introduced to the Burlesk houses at 15 by a friend who also introduced me to SCREW magazine ...where we'd make prank phone calls and one day followed through to an incall establishment.

Still for a dollar for a high mileage lapdance at the Melody nothing could compare. Actually I remember places like Times Squares SHOW WORLD starting a feel of a dancer for a buck as a sliding window opened as you had to feed tokens/quarters to the booth or lose the view. One time a guy got his head stuck when the sliding window came down on his neck. OUCH! I think the J Geils band wrote a song about the SHOW WORLD one on one booths entitled....She's a Beauty. Anyway I'm ramblin here but just to close ..one of the most memorable one on one booth expeiences I had was with a very young Mimi Miyagi. Ohhhhhhh Awwwwwwww! Memories may be beautiful but yet ...........;-)
 
I never knew Mimi Miyagi worked the booths at Show World . I saw her a few times in the theater there, after she became a well known star ( One of the reasons I also miss Show World is because there is no place in New York City today where you could constantly see big name porno stars ). I believe Micky Lynn, who was a pretty big porn star for awhile, also started in the Show World booths .
 
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There was no place in the world like SHOW WORLD....I'm talking during it's golden era..Dayum......SMH..

She did work the booths back then to.... Caught the fabolus Vanessa Del Rio in there too.>

Ahh Yes - Vanessa Del Rio -the Latin from Manhattan , one of my ATF's. I believe she used to go to Plato's Retreat back in the day, I wonder if she's a provider too? Would love to DATY with her. I used to see PS like Sharon Mitchell , Amber Lynn and Jamie Gillis at PR but never met Vanessa only heard she had been in. Funny story is one night at Plato's a bunch of guys lined up to have an encounter with a PS named Jill Munroe...turned out she was a Post -Op ..but was so well done one never would have known. Had her friend not told me I would have lined up myself.
 
Does anyone remember this place?

Daniel_NYC writes:
Does anyone remember this place?
It was located on 51st or 53rd, anyway the block ran east- west between 2nd and 3rd. It was a townhome next to a laundromat There was a restaurant on the Northeast corner of 3rd ave and you had to ascend 3 flights of stairs.

Once you were there you walked into the living room where there was a desk where the phone girl sat. There would be 3 or 4 ladies sitting on the couch and 2 or 3 more in session.

You would be introduced to the ladies and told about the others that were in session. You would sit in the living room with the other hobbyiests waiting to see all the girls that were available. >>

Yes I believe it was on 50th or 51st located on a side street. You'd buzz and they'd ask your name and let you in. The walkup was one flight and the girls worked in rooms on the second and third floors. What I liked was you could sit there with and look at all the girls on an adjorning couch. If you were waiting for one particular girl, you could browse through the porno mags they had on the table. They also offerred a customery drink on the house. I remember one SW named Elizabeth, she provided a GFE with LTK. I remember a good pizza shop on the corner across the avenue on the southwest side of the street. That was the place where I first tried GREEK with a big breasted curly haired provider. She charged me double and the total came to $$ , a bargain by today's rates.
 
Midnight Inerlude

mcheck57 writes:

Does anyone remember the old "swing clubs" like The Zoo, Midnight Interlude or the New Wave?>

Midnight Interlude was around the time of Plato's Retreat only one big difference at the time , Single men were admitted. I had a few memorable times at MI. If memory serves me correct it was located on John Street down near water street. They held parties in a multi level building where workout equipment was located at the far end. The music was loud and more men than women but I did have a few great experiences. One where a group of men were fondling an older (40'ish woman) she was tanned blonde and in excellent shape. I went over and the only body part that was left was her face. So I leaned over and gently kissed her. It evolved into some passionate kissing and she asked the other men to put her down and took my hand. She led me into a private room. Those were the days. Another time a young woman grabbed me and asked if I was clean. Not really knowing what she meant I said 'sure I'm clean' ..She invited me into a room where I was a bit taken back as her boyfriend was there watching. I was a bit uneasy at first but she was too hot to pass by , so she began BBBJ her boyfriend as I did MISH with her. She started biting me on my shoulder and I told her I didn't care for that but she wouldn't stop and I wasn't about to walk away. When I was done I heard my friend yelling my name and I asked if he could come and take my place. She again asked. Is he clean? I said , he sure is. My buddy told me he had one of the best times of his life. The guy still owes me bigtime to this day.. =-) Actually we hobbied together for years... After watching an HBO special..I was surprised to find out his sister had become a provider. She had changed her name but I'd know her anywhere...I had dated her years ago.

So many more stories but perhaps I'll share them at some other time. I'm not even sure if anyone is still reading this thread. Damn I wish I found this board years ago.
 
Re: Does anyone remember this place?

Originally posted by MrSteve


I remember a good pizza shop on the corner across the avenue on the southwest side of the street.
I used to go to that pizzeria after my sessions.
It was called Ray's
Like a Seinfeld episode, I don't remember if it was:
Original Ray's
Famous Ray's
Original Famous Ray's
or
Famous Original Ray's
 
Memory Land and Ray's Pizza

Re: Does anyone remember this place?
quote:Originally posted by MrSteve


I remember a good pizza shop on the corner across the avenue on the southwest side of the street.

Daniel_NYC writes:
I used to go to that pizzeria after my sessions.
It was called Ray's
Like a Seinfeld episode, I don't remember if it was:
Original Ray's
Famous Ray's
Original Famous Ray's
or
Famous Original Ray's >

Yes Daniel , I believe you are correct. If I had to guess it would be called
Famous Original Rays' Friend of a Cousin of Ray's first wife <g>
Do you have any favorite providers you can recall from that particular establishment? One thing that stands out was the long walk upstairs with the provider leading the way, while it was a cheap thrill ..looking up their dress got me even more in the mood.

Steve
 
On the floor where the living room was (and where the phone girl sat behind the desk) there was a kitchen and one session room.

Upstairs there were three rooms I believe. Two had access to the bathroom through another door in the room and the third was at the head of the stairs with no bathroom access from the room (you had to go out into the hallway)

Someone here said the name of the place was Fendi's, but i dont remember. I do remember paying $120 for the hour.

I think the phone girl with blonde hair was called Wendy.

I remember seeing a tall brunette w/ a large natural chest called Marie? Maria? I saw her many times.

I saw a tall blonde thin girl who lived in Jersey w/ smaller breasts named Sue? I had seen her many times as well

I saw a total knock out of a young blonde haired girl named Christie?

It has been so long now, who remembers.
 
there was also a place on 2nd ave between 52 & 53rd or 53rd & 54th midblock on the east side of 2nd ave. basically the same set up as described by mrsteve. i used to see a girl there called agentina (or that was the code i would use w/ the phone girl to book a session). had my first double there back around '89 or '90...
 
Originally posted by thevenerablebede
there was also a place on 2nd ave between 52 & 53rd or 53rd & 54th midblock on the east side of 2nd ave. basically the same set up as described by mrsteve. i used to see a girl there called agentina (or that was the code i would use w/ the phone girl to book a session). had my first double there back around '89 or '90...
Was this place "Second Ave Affair" ? It was in the building on 2nd that had the black and white checkerboard pattern on it's front. Great place, lots of pretty ladies
 
Originally posted by jjhunsecker
Was this place "Second Ave Affair" ? It was in the building on 2nd that had the black and white checkerboard pattern on it's front. Great place, lots of pretty ladies
Yes that was Second Avenue Affair located in the checkerboard building on 2nd Avenue. I used to work virtually around the corner at 845 Third Avenue in the 80's and would go to SAF anywhere from 2-5 times a week for several years. Home of Judge Crater's favorite Martine. It's funny but I was coming down 2nd Avenue from New York Presbyterian last month and noticed for the first time that they had demolished all the buildings on that block from the corner to Coldwaters (I think that's the name). Another NY landmark bites the dust (though this certainly didn't have landmark status.

I always thought it funny that a house of prostitution would be located in such a conspicuous building as the checkerboard, but I guess being conspicuous is the best way to be inconspicuous.
 
Another NY landmark bites the dust

In the same timeframe, around the corner there was another place known as The Townhouse. Similar operation to SAF ie high traffic type place.
The building is now vacant and it, I hear, is about to be torn down and developed into luxury condos.
And so it goes .....
 
Daniel_NYC writes:
On the floor where the living room was (and where the phone girl sat behind the desk) there was a kitchen and one session room.

Upstairs there were three rooms I believe. Two had access to the bathroom through another door in the room and the third was at the head of the stairs with no bathroom access from the room (you had to go out into the hallway)

Someone here said the name of the place was Fendi's, but i dont remember. I do remember paying $120 for the hour.

I think the phone girl with blonde hair was called Wendy.

I remember seeing a tall brunette w/ a large natural chest called Marie? Maria? I saw her many times.

I saw a tall blonde thin girl who lived in Jersey w/ smaller breasts named Sue? I had seen her many times as well

I saw a total knock out of a young blonde haired girl named Christie?

It has been so long now, who remembers.>>
Actually you remember quite well Daniel and have refreshed my memory. I do remember the blonde haired girl and I believe her name was Chrissy, she told me she was from Long Island and had a boyfriend. I also heard incall places in the past tell me of girls that were getting married. Some came back to work, the others I never saw again. Getting back to Chrissy, I met up with her years later working in a luxury high rise ..where I had to go via a doorman and take the elevator to the penthouse. The atmosphere just wasn't the same and I wound up taking another girl who told me Chrissy had remembered me from the place in the East 50s.

I can't remember too many of the ladies from that establishment by name but I do remember I had some of the best sessions there. Usually I'd go early on a Friday and/or Sat night. This way their wasn' t much pressure on me to try and pick up a woman at a club. Sometimes they were overbooked and I'd venture over to Park Ave South in the 20's and pick up a SW on the street. Anyway...Thanks for your feedback Daniel..it's been much appreciated helping me take a stroll down memory lane.
 
Did anyone ever go to a bar on the East Side (I think in the 50s) in the late 70s and early 80s called Barbara Kelly's? It was definitely a hooker place with the ladies using nearby hotels for business. It was truly amazing - operating quite openly. Long gone now, sadly. It was fun to buy the drinks and know that if you wanted some action, it was definitely available.

Great thread! Nostalgia for the good old days-

Chels
 
nychelsea writes:
Did anyone ever go to a bar on the East Side (I think in the 50s) in the late 70s and early 80s called Barbara Kelly's? It was definitely a hooker place with the ladies using nearby hotels for business. It was truly amazing - operating quite openly. Long gone now, sadly. It was fun to buy the drinks and know that if you wanted some action, it was definitely available.

Great thread! Nostalgia for the good old days-

Chels

Never had the pleasure of taking in that particular bar Chels. There was a similar type bar on east 30th or 29th street on Lexington , I believe. Small bar, clean, and next to a hotel. There were obvious hookers working the place. I was approached a few times, the first time it happened I couldn't place two and two together and thought I was going to score. I related to the line from the movie Arthur when Dudley Moore says "You're a hooker! I thought I was doing great with you."

BTW the Chelsea area has many fond memories for me throughout my hobbying career. Most notably the now defunct, Billy's Topless on 24th and 6th. I miss many of the girls that worked there. Even the barmaids. Also the Le Semana hotel down 24th and closer to Park Ave..was a place I'd venture to and order outcalls.
 
Originally posted by MrSteve
There was a similar type bar on east 30th or 29th street on Lexington , I believe.
The Concord.On the east side of Lex,on a slight incline.

In the 70s there was a strange place on 1st ave around 62nd on the "singles bar" strip with a barker in front beckoning square girls to come in with no cover charge and mingle with the dozen prostitutes who regularly worked the bar.I think it was called Tittle-Tattle and was near Mr. Laffs.
 
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