90009_23501_1970s_SF_North_Beach_01
1970s
This early 1970s clip shows San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood.
Opens with a wide shot of Columbus Avenue, filled with traffic. The Bay Bridge is visible in the distance. The famous Condor strip club is visible on the left side of Columbus.
Advertisements of upcoming strip acts cover the doors of the Peppermint Tree.
Exterior shots of The Bunny Room, a strip club, highlight some of the strippers who will perform or have performed at the club. Posters show scantily-clad women wearing bunny ears. A marquee sign reads, “BETTER THINGS FOR BETTER LIVING THRU SILICONE.”
Marquee signs of other businesses read, “NUDES REVUE” and “NO COVER TOPLESS AND BOTTOMLESS.” Yet another sign reads “CONDOR, ISADORA & BONNIE DANCE NAKED ON THE PIANO.”
The camera pans to a street sign for Columbus Avenue and Broadway Street, a famous intersection in North Beach.