Marilyn, There were two nightclubs on Route 51. The one closest was the Ankara which is now part of Southland Shopping Mall, if my memory serves me correctly. It disappeared in the 50s. Much further out was the Twin Coaches which was destroyed by fire in the 60s or 70s. The Twin Coaches featured a lot of headliners and was second to the Holiday House in popularity. Greed of performers killed the Holiday House. Al At 10:49 PM 12/28/2001, you wrote: >Paula, > >Where did you and your parents live? Your last name sounds very familiar >to me - I was young when we left the area in 1961. I know my parents >frequented some of the clubs around there (they used to take me in when I >was small) and I'm quite certain I recognized one of the places when we >were back there a few years ago. But I couldn't tell you what place it >was or where it was, except it was on Rte. 51, south of the city. Both of >my parents are gone, so I can't ask. > >Thanks! >Marilyn G. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paula Murphy > To: PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 7:26 AM > Subject: [PITTSBURGH] Pittsburgh Nightclubs circa 1940-1950's > > > I recently came across a bunch of souvenir photos of my parents taken at > nightclubs in Pittsburgh. I am wondering if any of them still exist or if > anyone can tell me anything about them. They are: > > Lenny Litman's Copa Pittsburgh at 818 Liberty Avenue > The New Hollywood Show Bar at 122 Sixth Street > Johnny Brown's New Club Cafe - for reservations phone Hiland 4962 > > By the way, if any of you frequented these places, my parents were Rita and > Paul Dudick. > > Thanks! > > Paula > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > Check out these COMMUNITY LISTS: MyStErY, Horror, SAHM, M-W-C, Nost-TV, > Palm-Gen, and Westie > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.310 / Virus Database: 171 - Release Date: 12/19/01 > > >==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== >How to unsubscribe. Send a message to:PITTSBURGH-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com >that contains ONLY the word, 'unsubscribe' in the text area. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Al, Thanks for the info, but only the Twin Coaches sounds even vaguely familiar. But if it burned in the 60's or 70's, it couldn't have been the one I recognized. I wonder if the "nightclub" I thought I recognized a few years ago could have been a Masons Hall, or the Elks, something like that - we didn't stop (I wish we had) so I don't know what it is today and don't even know if I could find it again (!) - I recall a neon sign and the facade looking familiar - it was one of those "deja vu" type things where you know you've seen it, been in it, what it looked like inside, but when and where you can't recall. The Twin Coaches - you say farther out - you mean farther south of the city, don't you? Because we lived southeast of Pittsburgh. My father was a Mason, my mother an Eastern Star and I think my father belonged to some of the fraternal type clubs - Elks, Lions, etc. So I could have been remembering something like that, but why would they take a child into those places? Was that common practice in the early 50's around that area? I was really young, proabbly not older than 3 or 4. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: Al Lenkner To: PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 11:07 AM Subject: Re: [PITTSBURGH] Pittsburgh Nightclubs circa 1940-1950's Marilyn, There were two nightclubs on Route 51. The one closest was the Ankara which is now part of Southland Shopping Mall, if my memory serves me correctly. It disappeared in the 50s. Much further out was the Twin Coaches which was destroyed by fire in the 60s or 70s. The Twin Coaches featured a lot of headliners and was second to the Holiday House in popularity. Greed of performers killed the Holiday House. Al At 10:49 PM 12/28/2001, you wrote: >Paula, > >Where did you and your parents live? Your last name sounds very familiar >to me - I was young when we left the area in 1961. I know my parents >frequented some of the clubs around there (they used to take me in when I >was small) and I'm quite certain I recognized one of the places when we >were back there a few years ago. But I couldn't tell you what place it >was or where it was, except it was on Rte. 51, south of the city. Both of >my parents are gone, so I can't ask. > >Thanks! >Marilyn G. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paula Murphy > To: PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 7:26 AM > Subject: [PITTSBURGH] Pittsburgh Nightclubs circa 1940-1950's > > > I recently came across a bunch of souvenir photos of my parents taken at > nightclubs in Pittsburgh. I am wondering if any of them still exist or if > anyone can tell me anything about them. They are: > > Lenny Litman's Copa Pittsburgh at 818 Liberty Avenue > The New Hollywood Show Bar at 122 Sixth Street > Johnny Brown's New Club Cafe - for reservations phone Hiland 4962 > > By the way, if any of you frequented these places, my parents were Rita and > Paul Dudick. > > Thanks! > > Paula > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > Check out these COMMUNITY LISTS: MyStErY, Horror, SAHM, M-W-C, Nost-TV, > Palm-Gen, and Westie > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.310 / Virus Database: 171 - Release Date: 12/19/01 > > >==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== >How to unsubscribe. Send a message to:PITTSBURGH-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com >that contains ONLY the word, 'unsubscribe' in the text area. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== SUE* MCALISTER-Pittsburgh List Mom ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.311 / Virus Database: 172 - Release Date: 12/27/01