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Post by Logan on Jan 15, 2016 19:48:30 GMT -6
Gangway, San Francisco’s Oldest Gay Bar, Likely to Close SoonIn the 1960s and 70s, before the Castro became San Francisco’s queer mecca, the Polk District was the center of the city’s gay scene. And one of the anchors on the block of Larkin Street between Geary and Myrtle was Gangway, a nautically themed establishment that opened in 1910 and has been a gay bar since at least 1961, making it the city’s oldest. Sadly, SFist reports that Gangway — shown above with a boat protruding from the facade — “seems likely to close very soon,” after it was bought by straight owners who plan to replace it with something called “Daddy Bones”: Continue reading at www.towleroad.com/2016/01/gangway-san-franciscos-oldest-gay-bar-likely-close-soon/ .
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