That just leaves Flex, right? The Zone also shut down.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 2, 2022 11:06 AM |
What's the gay equivalent of burning sage?
Gonna take a lotta whatever to rid that place of its demons.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 2, 2022 11:36 AM |
[quote] Vendors who provide towel and linen services allege they have been told their services will not be needed past October.
It’s a huge cutback in laundered loads.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 2, 2022 11:37 AM |
That looks like where a serial killer would live, I can’t see status conscious gays with good design taste wanting to set for in there.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 2, 2022 11:38 AM |
"status conscious gays with good design taste "
Does such a thing exist?
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 2, 2022 11:41 AM |
[quote] What's the gay equivalent of burning sage? Gonna take a lotta whatever to rid that place of its demons.
Toss poppers on the ritual fire.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | October 2, 2022 11:43 AM |
All the bathhouses survived COVID but not monkeypox.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 2, 2022 12:24 PM |
A French design house bought the building to harvest nacreous layers of permacum for a line of luxury jewels.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 2, 2022 12:47 PM |
R2b A firetruck of bleach?
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | October 2, 2022 3:22 PM |
what are they gonna turn it into? a jail?
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | October 2, 2022 3:54 PM |
How do you repurpose a bathhouse?
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | October 2, 2022 4:04 PM |
I used to go there a lot. They had jack-off shows with porn performers back in the day. Many were quite "interactive." The indoor pool was nice, and they also had a rooftop patio area. Lots of stairs: there's a basement, the main floor, two floors with rooms, and the rooftop. They also owned the Melrose Baths and that other dump in Wilmington.
It's in a really terrible area -- although I haven't been over that way in at least 15 years so maybe it's improved.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | October 2, 2022 6:14 PM |
[quote]What's the gay equivalent of burning sage? Gonna take a lotta whatever to rid that place of its demons.
Repurposing as a lesbian-run animal rescue facility would neutralize any remaining sexual energy.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | October 3, 2022 1:11 AM |
Was this the bathhouse John Travolta used to hang out at?
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | October 3, 2022 2:17 AM |
What about all the history?
All the "nacreous layers of cum" that add to the beautiful patina of the place?
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | October 3, 2022 2:30 AM |
R14 wins on unintentional irony alone;
"I used to go there a lot. They had jack-off shows with porn performers.......It's in a really terrible area".
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | October 3, 2022 9:26 AM |
Apparently bath houses aren't as profitable as they once were. Why go to a bath house when you can stay at home in your basement and get a date on Grindr?
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | October 3, 2022 9:58 AM |
I wonder who occupies the West Sude Club Space in NYC now.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | October 3, 2022 10:06 AM |
R3: I wonder whether the vendors who provide towel services knew what they are dealing with…
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | October 3, 2022 10:08 AM |
Full disclosure. I....er.....someone I know has been there a number of times over the years when visiting southern California. It's in the middle of LA skid row - massive tent city of homeless. It's safest to use the paid parking structure adjacent, for safety, especially at night. It has/had more rooms than most bathhouses, because two floors worth, maybe 60 rooms per floor, plus a dark room with booths upstairs, a video room with benches lining the walls, and a basement area of glory holes, cubby holes, a bed for those into public sex. Showers and a pool area as seen in posted pictures above. The top floor is an outdoors area with cabana-type structures. The view of downtown LA skyscrapers is breathtaking , and probably the main reason that it might have value as a commercial structure at some point (a restaurant, some sort of penthouse, who knows?). A good mix of latino, asian, black and caucasian men of various builds, ages, and attractiveness. Nearly always busy. A good place for sex sound voyeurs, as the walls between cubicles are thin, and the cubicles themselves are set in recesses off the halls, so that it's possible to get away from the music being blasted by speakers. It will be missed. Given the rapid disappearance of the franchise, I have to believe that the usual corporate payoffs to police and/or local mafia have broken down.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | October 3, 2022 10:36 AM |
I foresee in the next 50 years a time when people just never leave their house. Sad to say but the internet and pandemics are slowly ruining everything that was ever good.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | October 3, 2022 10:43 AM |
Website is still up....LINK......I used to love Midtowne in Dallas...Didn't realize they were closing...
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 24 | October 3, 2022 11:54 AM |
If only those cumstained walls could talk
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | October 3, 2022 11:58 AM |
The Supreme Court would have just banned them next. At least Midtowne Spa saw the writing on the wall and left on their own terms..
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | October 3, 2022 12:01 PM |
Why the weird spelling for Midtown?
But the upside for the spelling is that they could easily repurpose it as a type of historical reenactment center of gay life. Ye Olde Midtowne.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | October 3, 2022 12:35 PM |
R27 = CumTowne seemed too "on point"...
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | October 4, 2022 8:41 AM |
Too bad it's not in Chicago. Chasten might visit.....LoL
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | October 4, 2022 11:14 AM |
