[PRCo] Casino Theater

[Bob Rathke]

John,

And in 1960, I remember bars in Toronto that had side entrances "For Women."
That was in the "Toronto the Good" era - correct?

Back to Pittsburgh - people on the North Side called the Casino on Diamond
Street the "Burr-Lee-Q".  The Casino was still there in the mid-1960's - by
then the Street was renamed Forbes - but pretty rundown.  A kid I went to
high school with had a Pitt jacket - he claimed it got him in the Casino, no
questions asked.

Bob 1/19/03

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----- Original Message -----
From: John F Bromley <johnfbromley at rogers.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 5:29 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Wilkinsburg

> The BQ on Diamond St is one I seem to remember from my first unescorted
> visit to Pittsburgh, which was in 1960.  I remember to this day a
performer
> who went under the stage name of Princess Domay - made a heckuvan
impression
> as the blue laws in Pittsburgh seemed to be non-existent when compared to
> Toronto.  P D took it all off, and I mean all, much to my amazement - in T
O
> if they showed a pastie without deep purple light everyone went nuts.
Times
> have sure changed with XXX on what seems to be every street corner and who
> cares anymore.