urban anthropology
Of all the porn stores, video peeps, and live-girl peepshows in Times Square,
Show World in its original incarnation was the most notorious. (Now, it's up for lease or sale and may close,
reports the Post.) Its bright layout anesthetized the pornography it housed; it was often referred to either as the McDonald's or Wal-Mart of porn. At its peak, thirty-two live girls per shift worked 24-7 behind glass on stages and in peepshow booths. The glass separating the girls from the customers came and went according to the vice laws of the time; the glass went back up for good around 2000. There was even a trannie stage!
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