Monday, July 30, 2018

ON "THE BLOCK"


7 comments:

Chic Silber said...


During some of the time

I was serving our country

in the US of A Coast Guard

defending Baltimore harbor

from all threats while on

a decommissioned Navy ship

I had nearly completed my

Stagehands apprenticeship

in NY so that "BA" asked

the Baltimore "BA" to offer

me any odd work during my

many off days or hours

A number of nights I was

the frontlight (spotlight)

operator at the "Gayety"

theater on East Baltimore

Street known as "The Block"

Blaze Starr had purchased

the joint & produced many

versions of "Burlesque"

including variey acts &

worn out comedians along

with a rotating assemblage

of assorted pulcheratude

It was the last holdout

joint on "The Block" that

was all union represented

The girls the musicians

& best of all stagehands

2 night work provided me

the financial gain that

doubled my service pay

Chic Silber said...


The antique hand fed

DC carbon arc light

was no fun to operate

but the distractions

made up for it

Roger Smith said...

Don't tell me--from the looks of it--this venue is now a convenience store??

Chic Silber said...


I haven't been there in many years

No idea when this photo was taken

The signage suggests a porn shop

Tony Greiner said...

According to Google Maps/Images, it is now a Larry Flynt joint.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/405+E+Baltimore+St,+Baltimore,+MD+21202/@39.2897734,-76.6099905,3a,75y,168.41h,109.1t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sKLsRSsNxXzvWrSl9TvUbUQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fmaps%2Fphotothumb%2Ffd%2Fv1%3Fbpb%3DChAKDnNlYXJjaC5UQUNUSUxFEmYKOAkzhk-snQTIiREiyd8HusxhYxokCxDThbhCGhsSGQoUChIJM4ZPrJ0EyIkRPQ_Tf1_kw4YQlQMMEgoNcCNrFxVHPlbSGhIJByhPuHsEyIkRdckPxJFpb4MqCg2VGWsXFeI-VtIaBQhqEIgD%26gl%3DUS!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c8049dac4f8633:0x6361ccba07dfc922!8m2!3d39.2894869!4d-76.6099742

Chic Silber said...


Well that's a new alltime low

Very sorry to hear that

Guess I was right about a porn shop

Roger Smith said...

DVD booths. Larry Flynt is right at home.