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Where have all the GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! gone? ⇒

   1 December 2011, late morning

Yonge was home to countless so-called body-rub parlours, where the discerning gentleman could duck behind the street’s glittering facade for a quick massage, complete with happy ending. For do-it-yourselfers, the strip’s erotic movie houses screened the finest pornography the decade had to offer.

Interspersed were other businesses that offered comparatively simple pleasures. Places like Starvin Marvin’s (313 Yonge), Le Strip (237A Yonge) and Zanzibar (359 Yonge) featured nude or semi-nude stage shows. These clubs helped form the nucleus of an X-rated scene to rival anything in New York at the time. Even before the city had attained its current skyscrapery grandeur, Toronto’s sleaze was world class.

The GridTO discusses the decline of sleaze in Toronto. (They also have a great map of Yonge St. in the 70s.)

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  1. My boss likes to take credit for shutting down them body rubs.

    by tiff on December 1 2011, 11:59 am   #

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