If you ever traveled out US 22 William Penn highway in Delmont you more than likely passed a rundown wooden building and the infamous Beehive Sign which advertised an adult book store and entertainment venue
The places was always kind of dingy till they did a small remodel and painting a few years ago and for most part was out of the public eye except for a couple incidents involving illegal drugs .
This was one of many adult bookstores and clubs that one time where located in Westmoreland County
along US 22 the most Infamous and now closed was Climax I and II further up the road which where forced closed couple decades back .
The adult Book stores and clubs where numerous all thru Allegheny and Westmoreland but Technology caught up with them and in some cases the law. Liberty ave in Pittsburgh was polluted with them and was a famous Red light District till the massage parlor wars broke out and all the clubs , book stores and adult theaters are gone leaving only the old Edison hotel gentleman's club left .
Recently the infamous adult bookstore on Route 51 in Elisabeth closed as well as 2 adult stores in Butler county after pressure from community groups forced them out in 80s.
Between the Internet and Porn Hub and Amazon and Wish you no longer need to go to an adult book store to buy overpriced movies and adult toys .
So young men and lady's will never know the thrill of sneaking into one of these places in the middle of the night.
Of course several so called Gentleman's Clubs have opened so not all is lost. lets face it their nothing more than Titty Bars . But if that's the kind of entertainment you like so be it.
But the golden age of red light districts is over in the tristate .
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