Today in history: Adult show Girls of the Galaxy shut down at 1962 Seattle World s Fair seattlepi.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from seattlepi.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Today in history: Adult show Girls of the Galaxy shut down at 1962 Seattle World s Fair
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1of6The Monorail and Space Needle were not the only big attractions during Seattle s 1962 World’s Fair how about nudity and dancing women along Century 21’s Show Street? The nightclub-style revues included Girls of the Galaxy, featuring models posing in revealing space-age costumes, and Gracie Hansen’s Paradise International Club, which provided Las Vegas-style entertainment with showgirls. (MOHAI photo.) Show MoreShow Less
2of6 A Night in Paradise was a Las Vegas-style burlesque show performed in Gracie Hansen s Paradise International Theater on Show Street, the adult entertainment area of the 1962 Seattle World s Fair. The plush 700-seat theater offered four shows a night, described as extravagant production numbers featuring the world s most beautiful girls, interspersed with internationally renowned specialty
This week in history: The 1962 Seattle World s Fair kicked off seattlepi.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from seattlepi.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Fact or fiction: Exploring Seattle s urban lore and legends
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A haze hangs over Seattle s skyline from wildfires burning northeast of Whistler, B.C., photographed Wednesday, July 8, 2015, as seen from the top of the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington.JORDAN STEAD/SEATTLEPI.COM
Okay, okay: So you understand Jesus Christ made Seattle under protest, and you know to avoid Interstate 5 at all costs. But do you know why Jimi Hendrix didn t graduate from Garfield High School?
How about what rests just off of Magnuson s boat launch? Or that there is a nuclear bomb shelter hidden in Ravenna?
Maybe it s the city s gloomy gray, overcast skies, but mysteries and myths seem to thrive in the Emerald City. But did these stories really happen, or are they urban legends?