“Terrific Street” was the heart of San Francisco’s Barbary Coast; an underworld once filled with shady characters and risky dealings. The saloons and dance halls beckoned slummers to dance the Turkey Trot and the Grizzly Bear to music that some have labeled the beginnings of jazz.
Throughout the neighborhood other denizens operated parlor houses or cribs which offered the majority-male population a much-appreciated service while separating many a Barbary Coast Ranger from his money. Visit this “devils playground” and get glimpse of tameless times.
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