Manhattan Strip Clubs: Lap Dancing at Ground Zero
Lap Dancing at Ground Zero by Chris in Paris on 7/23/2010 11:12:00 PM An Islamic community center is clearly off limits but strippers are A-OK, apparently. What could be more hots dogs and apple pie than lap dancing at Ground Zero?There are actually a couple of adult entertainment venues that show up on Google Maps if you search around the former site of the World Trade Center. Internet reviewers seem to like New York Dolls best, due to its sexy, disproportionately Russian staff, mirrored stage and purportedly high-quality lap dances.As yet, I haven’t heard anyone wonder why our political class is silent as the sex industry operates on sacred ground. It would be a bizarre complaint: It’s Manhattan, where you can find anything mere blocks from a given location. The closest strip club to Ground Zero happens to be two blocks away, a fact that has nothing to do with our reverence for the place where so many Americans were killed by terrorists. As y …