Goodbye Lusty Lady...The Strip Club
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San Francisco's Lusty Lady, United States' first and only unionized, employee-owned strip club shuts its doors on September after its landlord refused to negotiate on a lower rent. The club had operated in the North Beach neighborhood for more than 30 years. According to report, landlord Roger Forbes, an owner of much real estate in North Beach, gave the dancers two weeks to vacate the property.
Employees wave as they prepare to close the door of the Lusty Lady strip club in San Francisco, California.
An exotic dancer performs during a funeral procession to symbolize the closure of Lusty Lady strip club in San Francisco, California.
Participants hold up umbrellas during a funeral procession to symbolize the closure of Lusty Lady strip club in San Francisco, California.
An exotic dancer performs outside a bar window on Columbus Avenue during a funeral procession to symbolize the closure of Lusty Lady strip club
Employees wearing their Exotic Dancers Union t-shirts are pictured backstage
Employees carry a coffin-shaped box during a funeral procession to symbolize the closure of Lusty Lady strip club in San Francisco, California.
Employees shake hands
An employee locker is seen backstage
Michael Jackson impersonators dance in the entrance lobby of the Lusty Lady strip club in San Francisco, California
Out of order signs are seen outside peep show booths at the Lusty Lady strip club in San Francisco.
A group of exotic dancers relax backstage
A pair of silver heels is seen in a locker backstage at the Lusty Lady strip club in San Francisco, California.
A man stands outside Lusty Lady strip club
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Rental is a killer.
Times are bad.
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Just like Singapore Prawning area @ Bishan...
Madness, rent from 20k to 60k???
3 times more... want to suck blood also not like tat one...