Category Archives: Vices

Baltimore Street Whores: A Shopper’s Guide

by Robin Miller There is a bar on Wilkens Avenue in Southwest Baltimore that has one customer and one bartender in it on a Wednesday afternoon. The two men are sipping beer and discussing the decline of the Orioles when … Continue reading

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Blaze Starr recalls burlesque era in new film

Once the Queen of Baltimore burlesque, Fannie Belle Fleming — better known as Blaze Starr — has been living the quiet life in rural West Virginia for more than 30 years now, far away from the blinking neon signs, barkers and strippers of The Block. Continue reading

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Hustler Club’s stripper-mobile gives Camden Yards fans an eyeful

Gyrations that would make Blaze Starr blush, right there on Pratt Street By Laura Vozzella (Baltimore Sun, April 21, 2010) Sorry to break it to you, Baltimore. But you may have seen the last of Larry Flynt’s stripper-mobile. The converted … Continue reading

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The Block (Baltimore) on Wikipedia

The Block (Baltimore) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Baltimore’s The Block is a stretch on the 400 block of East Baltimore Street in Baltimore, Maryland containing several strip clubs, sex shops, and other adult entertainment merchants. In the first half … Continue reading

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