The
Gilded Serpent presents...
North Beach
Memories
The Casbah
- located- 467 Broadway
- Owner/ Organizer-Fadil
Shahin sold
to Sam Conti, of the Deja Vu Corp, became
involved somewhere and in 2001, it was traded to Sam and
Max Young
- Years Open- 1969-April
1984
- Now Currently-the
venue
with same name, and different owner, became a strip club,
but is now closed
- Interior Layout-Raised
stage for musicians and dancer , audience seating to edge
of stage, cocktail tables, bar with seating, heavy curtain
at doorway, dressing room was on the main floor, back in
the corner. NEW
CHANGES! see photos below
- Stories, quotes etc..-
Fadil, Najia,
Amina,
Kirk
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Najia accompanied by Fadil
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~1999 ad for the Casbah
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Old photo of the Casbah
with George the Barker,
notice the sign for the Bagdad
in background
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1999-
Notice the bellydancer cutouts are still high on the
building. Though now, the dancers are definately not
bellydancers |
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The
gutted interior of the old Casbah
August
2001- The Casbah has been gutted!
Unconfirmed rumour has it that the old
Bagdad , Casbah and the club between are
being united to form one dance club and should be ready
for the public in 6-7 months. Max
and Sam Young of Maximum Productions, the new owners,
appear to be successful at setting up hip theme clubs.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if they picked an Arabian theme!
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The
end of the space closests to the street has a pit. This
construction worker just climbed down the red ladder.
More rumours say that there are many tunnels under the
old clubs on Broadway that connect the different buisnesses.
They were suppose to be a secret place for people to
drink during the prohibition. Hopefully we will have
more on that soon. |
The purple building was the Casbah and the red
building was the Bagdad and now is the Bamboo
Hut. The dumpster contents appear to be just construction
garbage. Attempts are still being made to see if there
is any memorabilia salvaged from the Casbah. |
Just
another photo angle. The shop manager in the XXX store
sure was shocked when I came in there to ask him questions! |
Here
is Franco crossing the street. He is a cool long time
"North Beacher" that owns Little Joe's,
just a block down from the Casbah and Bagdad. If you
are in town be sure to patronize his place. He has great
Italian food and great stories too! That red Thunderbird
in front is his also.
Hopefully we will get his story one of these days! He
says his place used to connect to the Greek Taverna
around the corner! |
Haroun
and Fadil at the Casbah, contribute by Elaine |
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