[Crashby]

Apparently, this really existed... (Northern part of Rochester)

"Looping the Gap, Out-door Exhibition at Ontario Beach, N. Y."
Postmarked 1907
Rochester News Company, Rochester, N. Y.


... hard tail pride baby!

 

[binary visions]

Quick, someone check Snopes...

 

[MMcG]

wow a postcard of Ontario Beach in it's heyday - Ontario beach was okay when I lived in Rochester - we'd go there as kids and play frisbee and watch volleyball and girls and stuff.

What's it like now? Is the Penny Arcade still open?

 

[TreeSaw]

LOL! That's AWESOME! Thanks for the laugh Crashby!

 

[Echo]

What's it like now? Is the Penny Arcade still open?

Yes, the Penny Arcade is still a crappy place that takes advantage of bands that are desparate to play out somewhere

 

[dh girlie]

wow a postcard of Ontario Beach in it's heyday - Ontario beach was okay when I lived in Rochester - we'd go there as kids and play frisbee and watch volleyball and girls and stuff.

What's it like now? Is the Penny Arcade still open?

PENNY arcade! Man last time I played in an arcade, just a few weeks ago, games were like a buck each...

 

[MMcG]

PENNY arcade! Man last time I played in an arcade, just a few weeks ago, games were like a buck each...

The Penny Arcade in Rochester is a bar - popular with the motorcycle/chopper crowd (at least it was when I was growing up in Rochester).

 

[Echo]

The Penny Arcade in Rochester is a bar - popular with the motorcycle/chopper crowd (at least it was when I was growing up in Rochester).

I haven't been there in forever, but they are famous for expecting bands to play there for free "because they are the Penny Arcade". Maybe 20 years ago they were the hot spot, but now they only get garage bands that suck, and the occasional has-been second rate national act. There are at least 50 better places to play out in Rochester now.

 

[dh girlie]

I haven't been there in forever, but they are famous for expecting bands to play there for free "because they are the Penny Arcade". Maybe 20 years ago they were the hot spot, but now they only get garage bands that suck, and the occasional has-been second rate national act. There are at least 50 better places to play out in Rochester now.

maybe Y&T will play there! hahaha!

 

[Echo]

maybe Y&T will play there! hahaha!

Wouldn't surprise me at all

 

[Echo]

They do have a drink called "bong water" though. I guess that alone makes them cool

 

[MMcG]

I haven't been there in forever, but they are famous for expecting bands to play there for free "because they are the Penny Arcade". Maybe 20 years ago they were the hot spot, but now they only get garage bands that suck, and the occasional has-been second rate national act. There are at least 50 better places to play out in Rochester now.

16 and over with proper I.D. - sounds like that place has changed a lot. Sounds like a teenager hangout now.

 

[mserko1]

He's not kidding, there used to be tons of that stuff. I saw a pic in NatGeo with a guy doing a loop into a loop.

 

[johnbryanpeters]