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Business · Milwaukee Casablanca Disco Its opening was announced in a local calendar in mid-1979, but it had vanished from bar guides by April 1980. The same building later housed a succession of other LGBTQ bars, including Clay's Castaway Business · Milwaukee Cheeks Disco Richards Street that appears to have operated for only a few months in 1981. Its existence was largely lost to history until 2022, when researcher Michail Takach located a single advertisement in a 19 Business · Milwaukee Circus (Planet Circus / Club Circus) Circus opened in July 1976 at 219 S. 2nd Street, billed as a disco and dance club, in a space that had recently housed the short-lived bars Gary's Dance Club and Mister Z's. Founded by George Prentice Business · Milwaukee Factory II Factory II was a Milwaukee gay dance bar at 130 E. Juneau Avenue, open from December 1982 to September 1984. It was opened by Chuck Cicirello following the success of his original Factory bar, though Business · Milwaukee Gary's Dance Club Gary's Dance Club was a short-lived gay disco that opened on South 2nd Street in late June 1975, occupying a space that had recently held the Gallery Lounge. Arriving at the height of the disco era, i Business · Milwaukee Park Avenue With a multistory dance floor, towering light displays, and an opulent interior, it catered to a mostly straight crowd except on Sunday nights, when it operated as a gay night under the name "Sundays. Business · Milwaukee Teddy's Teddy's was a Milwaukee bar and discotheque on North Farwell Avenue run by Tony Machi, who opened the venue as The Barn in the late 1960s and renamed it Teddy's in 1973. After a substantial 1975 inves Business · Milwaukee The Factory Bar The Factory was a landmark Milwaukee dance bar at 158 N. Broadway, opened by Chuck Cicirello (also known as Chuck Balestreri) in March 1973 shortly after he closed his earlier venture, the Neptune Clu Business · Milwaukee The Red Baron Bar The Red Baron, also called "The Baron," was a Milwaukee disco that opened in June 1977 with three main-floor bars, a central dance floor, elaborate disco lighting, and a lower-level lounge. Shortly af Business · Milwaukee The Sidedoor St. Paul Avenue that opened in June 1976 in the remodeled space of the former River Queen. It featured a wood parquet dance floor, a large-screen television, and a disco. The bar appears to have close Business · Milwaukee Tiny's Waterfront Disco A single advertisement promoting its upcoming opening has been found. The plans were cut short by the April 1979 disappearance and presumed murder of the proprietor known as Tiny, and the bar appears