2/7/2024 0 Comments Gay bar baltimore 2016“Years ago, gay bars were safe zones when gays were in fear of being beat up,” says Don Davis, who owned Grand Central for nearly 30 years until new owners took over earlier this year. With gay bars closing in Baltimore, it brings up the inevitable questions: Can we explain this? Are these spaces still necessary? And what comes next? Across the street, where Club Hippo once hosted epic bingo nights, show tunes karaoke, and hip-hop parties, is now the standard bat signal of gentrification-a CVS. Sure, rainbow flags still fly outside of Grand Central Club, but it’s on borrowed time. The corner of North Charles and Eager streets just ain’t what it used to be.
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