Adaptive Reuse

If founder is serious about divesting himself of TUSCL, he should sell it to you. You are definitely committed to the lifestyle.

I wasn’t around when it was a club, but there was a club a long time ago in Fort Collins CO that became a church tuscl.net

The Magic Lantern, Palmer, MA is a marijuana dispensary. The long-gone, much-beloved original Mario's Showplace in Johnston, R.I. is now a McDonalds.

The former Glitter Nite Club in Elyria Ohio became an antique store not long after it closed. I think Chrissy's Lounge in North Ridgeville Ohio became a child's day care.

I've been to 2 of the clubs sinclair mentioned (Classy Chassis, DV Spokane). I haven't shed any tears over those clubs passings.

The Toy Box was a juice bar, all nude dancing, upstairs and The Next Generation downstairs in Schenectady, NY. Same owner for both. The Next Generation featured local bands and "foxy boxing" and had a liquor license. The Toy Box expanded to downstairs when The Next Generation lost its liquor license. Jerry Springer put the place on the map when he did a show from The Toy Box. A new mayor "cracked down" on vice and the Toy Box was no more. City was sued for $8 million and there was an out of court settlement. The building is now home to an Improv Theatre.

Club XXXotica was a multi floor strip club in Albany, NY Upper floor had an opening where you could see dancers on the lower floor. I heard it was closed due to plumbing code violations. The building is now home to a 24 hr News, Grocery, Vape shop.

Linda's Blue Bayou was a strip club in Albany, NY in a storefront adjoining a bakery. The club closed and was replaced with a health food, nutrition store that also closed. The storefront remains vacant and the bakery is still in business.

Club Paradise in Vancouver became a Karaoke bar for a minute. Then the front became a Starbucks for years. It’s now a Pizza Pizza with a choral studio taking up the main part of the building.

I've been a customer a few times at the big rig dollhouse in Kingman, Arizona. always seemed to have very skanky girls. but it was convenient because I live in Kingman.

Little darlings in lemon Grove was convenient to me when I was making a run down to the Chula Vista terminal in a big truck. I think the constant tip parade was the death blow for that club. again, I only visited a few times. I'd get in free because of my Las Vegas Hustler black card.

Players Club in Baltimore is now a contractor’s office.

The original Follies is now a restaurant/night club named Batsi

The Club 81 in Grand Forks, ND, burned to the ground back in the mid-80s. Apparently that owner's businesses had a habit of burning.

There was another club in East Grand Forks, MN, but it was only open for a short time. The flood of '97 took it out, along with rest of that block.

Four clubs I went to at some point:

1. Boomers in Fremont, NE now Ace Rent to Own
2. Lariat Club in Fremont, NE now offices for a construction firm. It had been a regular bar after the strip club closed.
3. CJ's Revenge Theater in Myrtle, Minnesota is now the What's Up Bar
4. Ossy's in Carroll, Iowa is now the Piranha Club restaurant.

Several clubs I've been to were demolished, and at least 3 were closed and have yet to have anything take over the abandoned space.

Girls of Glitter Gulch in Las Vegas was bulldozed and Circa Resort & Casino was built in its place. The Circa people were nice enough to keep Vegas Vickie the famous neon cowgirl sign. It hangs near the lobby in the Circa hotel.

Except for Classy Chassy, which has already been mentioned, I can't think of any former strip clubs here in Indianapolis being used for something else. This is because most of the closed clubs were in bad neighborhoods that I was only entering because of that club. After the club closed, I never went to that area again.

The only strip club in Ottumwa Iowa is now a role playing game store.

Chills n Thrills, StudlyJohn, or as I recall someone calling it when I went there years ago, the Cow Palace (supposedly because all the girls were fat).

One I did not go to is Backlot in Kearney, NE. I can't tell you whether it's the same building (I would guess no), but the Nebraska DMV has taken over the lot.

My beloved Bottoms Up in Irvington NJ is now some shitty restaurant. Sad.

I think there is going to be much more of adaptive reuse of strip clubs in the future. Inflation will be higher than wage increases, which will lead to people having trouble making ends meet. People will focus on buying necessities while cutting out discretionary spending. Many strip clubs will be going out of business.

In the Great Depression, you could go to dance halls and buy a dance with a girl for a small sum. I believe I have mentioned this here before. There may be some lower cost replacement for strip clubs in the future.

Impressive memory Sinclair

All Stars in San Antonio to become a bakery.

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The best club in southwest Michigan was “Escape Reality Pleasant Lake”. Now it’s the marina for my boat.