Club Samoa, New York, NY (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

T tikicoma Grand Member (9 years) wakinekona Joined: Jan 16, 2010 Posts: 841	T tikicoma Posted posted on Mon, Feb 3, 2014 1:08 AM I love these old tropical joints and 52nd St.(swing alley) in nyc in the late '40's, man I'd love to have been there! Everyone from Django Reinhardt to Charlie Parker was there! Also on the alley in the late '40's was Lilly St. Cyr doing a reverse strip (starting nude in a bathtub ending up clothed). But the Club Samoa also also reached out to prurient interest as swing alley degraded. With the post war baby boom the night out at a club for a tropic escape or an evening of hot jazz was replaced by an evening in with the kids and TV, killing an era. aloha, tikicoma p.s. I don't think this one was the hippies fault. :P

I love these old tropical joints and 52nd St.(swing alley) in nyc in the late '40's, man I'd love to have been there! Everyone from Django Reinhardt to Charlie Parker was there!

Also on the alley in the late '40's was Lilly St. Cyr doing a reverse strip (starting nude in a bathtub ending up clothed).

But the Club Samoa also also reached out to prurient interest as swing alley degraded.

With the post war baby boom the night out at a club for a tropic escape or an evening of hot jazz was replaced by an evening in with the kids and TV, killing an era.

aloha, tikicoma

p.s. I don't think this one was the hippies fault. :P

Post #706604 by tikicoma on Mon, Feb 3, 2014 1:08 AM