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Exploring the opportunity of opening a bathhouse in the town I live in that has a good-sized population to support it. I've started to put together a business plan but curious to hear if anyone has any resources or numbers they could share for the costs going into everything. There's a speech perk to make all bathhouse services free. It's not the main thing they mention in the description though, I think it's mostly about women finding you more charismatic.

Steamworks is the largest bathhouse chain in the country. The second biggest is Flex.

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and who's closed and a surprising number are open rn. Steamworks Seattle is open so they might be testing it like Flex is in Arizona. Reply reply Photograph-Last • Flex in Atlanta is open as well Reply reply More repliesMore replies DisconnectedDays •. Hi - I'm moving from New York to New Haven this winter.

I was wondering if there were spas or bathhouses in CT that people could recommend? Places like Aire Ancient Baths or Spa Castle in New York, where you can rent a hot tub for an hour and just soak?. We know that he got banned from all of the Milwaukee bath houses after they found multiple victims drugged there. But it appeared that he didn’t get banned from the gay bars as well.

And considering this was in the backdrop of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, surprised that the bars and the bath houses appeared really busy in the series. And yes, gay people need to have outlets to meet and socialise. Between the s and , when it was closed by New York City officials, the Mt. Morris Baths was an important social center for gay African-American men and one of the longest operating bathhouses in New York City.

Until the s, it was the only gay bathhouse in the city to admit African-American men due to overt discrimination. Located in the basement floor of the Lohengrin apartment house, the Mt. Morris Baths originally the Mayer Baths was the first commercial tenant of this space. The establishment, featuring Turkish and Russian baths, catered to a mostly Jewish clientele and in the late 19th century was also known as a hangout for police officers.

By , the baths were renamed the Mt. Morris Baths, and by the s and s, African-American patrons began frequenting the baths reflecting changes in the demographics of the neighborhood. When exactly it began to attract a predominantly gay, African-American clientele is unknown, but it was mostly likely in the s during the Harlem Renaissance. It was also noted that James Baldwin once brought Marlon Brando to the baths.

The Mt. In , city officials closed the facility due to alleged structural problems. Carl Van Vechten, Bruce Kellner, ed. Panache Report, bit. Michael J. This project is enriched by your participation! Do you have your own images of this site? Or a story to share? Would you like to suggest a different historic site?

Share on Facebook Email this. Header Photo. Credit: Christopher D. Former exterior sign, c. Photographer and source unknown. Former entrance to the Mt. Morris Baths in an undated photo. Former below grade entrance, April Tax photo of West 22nd Street, c. History Located in the basement floor of the Lohengrin apartment house, the Mt. Entry by Ken Lustbader, project director March Building Information Architect or Builder: C.

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