Category: 1970s

Cutaways from the 1970s (1970 to 1979).

Before Borderline Bar & Grill Was Charley Brown’s Restaurant, Thousand Oaks

Charley Brown's Restaurant, Marina Del Rey 1960s

The Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, California, site of the November 7, 2018 shooting of 12 people, has been around for a long time in various iterations. In Thousand Oaks, a bedroom community 40 miles from Los Angeles, where everything is torn down and rebuilt on a regular basis, it is virtually unheard… Continue reading Before Borderline Bar & Grill Was Charley Brown’s Restaurant, Thousand Oaks

Modern Babylon: Deserted Weyerhaeuser Campus in Federal Way, Washington

Quietly ensconced in 130 acres of woods south of Seattle is the abandoned campus of the Weyerhaeuser Corporation. Much like the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, with gardens built into the walls of the palace, the Weyerhaeuser campus’ 5-story building is heavily draped with English ivy; thus the name of the complex: The Greenline. Built in… Continue reading Modern Babylon: Deserted Weyerhaeuser Campus in Federal Way, Washington

Christopher Morley in the Age of Evil Cross-Dressing Men in Film

  It was the period when you could shoot, stab, punch, and humiliate cross-dressing men with complete abandon and glee. It was the 1970s. If the 1960s were all about peace, love, and understanding, many identity groups were still excluded going into the Seventies. A man who dressed like a woman in Seventies film and TV… Continue reading Christopher Morley in the Age of Evil Cross-Dressing Men in Film

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