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Coordinates: 37°4642N 122°249W / 37.77833°N 122.40250°W / 37.77833; -122.40250
 

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Blow Buddies
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Address933 Harrison Street, San Francisco, California, USA
Opened1988
Closed2020

Blow Buddies (1988–2020) was the largest gay sex clubinSan Francisco, California.

History

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The club opened in 1988 at 933 Harrison Street[1] and was 6,000 square feet.[2] In 1993, the building was bought by its current owners for US $500,000.[3] In 2019, its building went on the market at US $3.25 million, potentially jeopardizing the club's existence.[1] Its building was constructed in 1953.[4] It is zoned Service/Arts/Light Industrial (SALI) with a 30 ft height limit, so neither housing nor a hotel can be built here, but affordable housing may be constructed.[5]

The following announcement was posted on the Blow Buddies website on July 19, 2020: "Sadly, Blow Buddies will not be reopening after the pandemic. We tried many ways to figure out a path to return and were unsuccessful. We appreciate the willingness of the Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District and our landlord to explore options with us. It was a good run, August 8, 1988 – March 15, 2020 We are sad to see this chapter close. We thank our many members for their support over all those years. The club was created in response to one virus and done in by another."[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Barmann, Jay (2019-03-14). "Infamous SoMa Gay Sex Club Blow Buddies May Be Endangered As Building Goes Up For Sale". SFist. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  • ^ "Home of the Largest Sex Club in SF on the Market in SoMa". SocketSite. March 13, 2019. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  • ^ San Francisco’s Largest Gay Sex Club, Blow Buddies, May Be Forced to Close Up Shop, Stephan Horbelt, Hornet.com
  • ^ "Blow Buddies building up for sale". Bay Area Reporter. March 15, 2019. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  • ^ San Francisco's biggest gay sex club is under threat of closing down, Tom Capon, Gay Star News
  • ^ "News". BlowBuddies.com. July 2020. Archived from the original on July 20, 2020. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
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