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Late-1970s public-access television commercial for Plato's Retreat, a sex club that was located in the basement of the Ansonia Hotel, Broadway and 73rd on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. New York is a cesspool of rejects of society....still is and always will be.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX_YJP0YaGs
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New York in the 70s: Plato's Retreat was the biggest and wildest club for straight swingers, with an orgy room as its centerpiece. There were also gay bathhouses where men could have totally anonymous sex with others. These were closed down when a fire killed several men at one, but the real end to these kinds of places...
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www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0402/at_intro.html
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Mar 26, 2009 New York News. What Was Plato's Retreat Really Like?. Village Voice news, blogs, music, movies, restaurants and the arts.
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blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/archives/2009/03/what...
blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/archives/2009/03/what_was_platos.php
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Your dance club memories and photos of Plato's Retreat | 509 West 34 Street, New York, NY. Part of the discotheques and nightclubs of the 1970s and 1980s...
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www.discomusic.com/clubs-more/3415_0_6_0_C/
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A Look Inside Plato's Retreat (Photos) Read more about: American Swing, Jon Hart, Larry Levenson, Magnolia Pictures, Manhattan, Mathew Kaufman, New York, Plato’s Retreat...
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www.wowowow.com/entertainment/american-swing-platos-ret...
www.wowowow.com/entertainment/american-swing-platos-retreat-photos-266668
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Plato's Retreat opened its doors in 1977. Located in the basement of the famous Ansonia Hotel, the kinky sex club club operated a “member's only”...
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www.altereddimensions.net/places/PlatosRetreat.aspx
www.altereddimensions.net/places/PlatosRetreat.aspx
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Back in olden times, people did it all the time! On the Upper West Side! Grub Street New York; Fairway Does Not Fear Trader Joe’s; Now Luca Lounge Is Cooking With Electric By: Aileen Gallagher Filed Under: cultural capital, american swing, plato's retreat, swingers, video...
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nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/03/the_good_old_days.html
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Notable exceptions include former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, who closed it and who never attended, and adult-entertainment journalist Al Goldstein, who not only attended but loved the Read more about: American Swing, Jon Hart, Larry Levenson, Magnolia Pictures, Manhattan, Mathew Kaufman, New York, Plato’s Retreat...
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www.wowowow.com/entertainment/platos-retreat-american-s...
www.wowowow.com/entertainment/platos-retreat-american-swing-documentary-266608
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American Swing - Starring - Director(s) Jon Hart, Mathew Kaufman - Filmmakers Mathew Kaufman and Jon Hart explore the last gasp of the sexual revolution with this profile of Plato's Retreat -- New York City's most notorious, 1970s-era sex club. Plato's Retreat was a buffet of bodies, and the film catches the moment...
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www.moviefone.com/movie/american-swing/35603/main
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