November Toronto The Warwick Hotel […]

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1980-11

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November Toronto The Warwick Hotel, located at 164 Dundas Street East, closed. Notorious as a hangout for prostitutes, petty criminals, and drunks, the Warwick's tavern was known as "the sleaziest bar in Toronto" and was the last burlesque bar in the city. Brandy [Allan Maloney], a famous local female impersonator and master of ceremonies of the bar's All Star Nude Strip Revue, had performed there since 1959.

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Brandy [Allan Maloney]

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John Haslett Cuff, "A Civic Centre for the Lost," Globe and Mail, weekend ed., 29 November 1980, Fanfare section p. 7.Christian Cotroneo, "A Showman Who Dazzled in Feathers and High Heels: Family Patriarch, Cross-dressing Strip Show Emcee Allan Maloney Loved Both Worlds," Toronto Star, Ontario ed., 13 April 2007, p. B1 Terry Collins, "Warwick Is Dead! Legendary Hotel," Toronto Sun, 16 November 1980, p. 20

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Brandy [Allan Maloney]

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