Columbus & Pacific
International Settlement. View east. Arabian Nights at left, McHale's at right
North BeachNight Club
Contains 23 photos
The Thalia Dance Hall
Barbary Coast post earthquake; 514 1/2 Pacific Ave. Posters for Salome and Texas Tommy Dancing. Columbus Suit Cleaning.
North Beach
Pacific near Kearny
View northeast across Pacific Avenue to Gay N' Frisky Club (590 Pacific Avenue), Lee's New Hot Dog Stand, The Carousel, Lucca's, Gene's, DeSoto Plymouth, Associated Parking. In right distance, large sign spanning Pacific at Montgomery St. reads 'Thank You! Come Again.' (Area once known as the Barbary Coast and International Settlement.) Most buildings still stand 2022.
North Beach
Spider Kelly's Tavern
574 Pacific St. in Lindy Hotel building, near Kearny; tavern being remodeled. Pacific Battery Service.
North Beach
Pacific near Columbus
Barbary Coast, view east from center of Pacific towards the bay. Following the end of Prohibition and the resumption of alcohol sales. Spider Kelly's saloon and dance hall with poster for Texas Tommy dance with Lois Feeley; Lindy Hotel 578 Pacific, Hippodrome Theater 560 Pacific. North End Auto Repair 540 Pacific.
North Beach
Geary near Jones
Shamrock Club Fire, 560 Geary between Jones and Shannon. Automobile with storefronts and rubble. Four were killed when torch dancer set off fire in nightclub at 560 Geary Street. Hotel York, Shamrock.
Lower Nob Hill
Geary near Jones
Shamrock Club Fire, 560 Geary between Jones and Shannon. Street scene with rubble, 4 were killed when torch dancer set off fire in the nightclub at 560 Geary.
Lower Nob Hill
Mason & Ellis
'The Crest' club featuring go-go dancers.
Tenderloin
Columbus & Pacific
International Settlement, view east down Pacific from across Columbus. McHales, United States Immigration Station and Appraisers Stores of 1939–44 (now commonly called the Appraisers Building) at right.
North Beach
Broadway & Columbus
View east across intersection to Condor Nightclub, 'Topless Where It Began With Carol Doda'
Chinatown
Columbus & Pacific
View east to International Settlement entrance (second steel entry arch in distance). Arabian Nights, Barbary Coast, McHales. United States Immigration Station and Appraisers Stores of 1939–44 (now commonly called the Appraisers Building) at right.
North Beach
Columbus & Pacific
View east to International Settlement sign, 2 Streetcars. McHales, Arabian Nights.
North Beach
International Settement
View to south side of Pacific St., The House of Blue Lights, Bee & Ray Goman's Gay 90s.
North Beach
Pacific near Columbus
Entrance to Barbary Coast Club (later the Little Fox), 533 Pacific, Joe Andrini and his music, Toots LaMay M.C. 'the Sophie Tucker of the West'. "Girlesque on our Stage", "Strips, Laffs, Music", "The Greatest All Girl Revues in Town", "Solly Hoffman, A Dozen Voices and Faces". The area had been rebranded as the International Settlement to promote it as a nightlife district.
North Beach
Van Ness & Market
View west from Market to southwest corner, Muni 8-Line Bus (trolley bus), passing Fillmore West at Carousel Ballroom. BART/Muni metro construction
Civic Center