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September 1972 
Sultan's Palace 348 North La Cienega Blvd., West Hollywood CA 90048
The small West Hollywood site was once home to a retail store selling household goods. At one point, the place belonged to Albert J. Kramer, treasurer of the National Exhibition of the California Water Color Society. Things took a decidely different turn in the 1970's, when it became the massage parlor and school, Sultan's Palace.
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October 1972 
Crazy Horse Wild West Massage Parlor 1671 North Western Avenue Los Angeles CA 90027
The 1920's building in the part of Hollywood that is now Koreatown, was the Wilda Apartments. Owner of the Crazy Horse Wild West Massage Parlor Frank Spencer, breathed a sigh of relief when a Superior Court judge refused to shut his operation down. The Hollywood massage parlor had come under fire for multiple incidents of arrests for prostitution and solicitation - which Spencer claimed he was suppressing.
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December 1972 
Circus Maximus 1227 North La Cienega Blvd., West Hollywood CA 90069
The former site of the Gerard Theatrical Agency, who put the word out for "burlesque people", Mark Roy's Circus Maximus was a 24-hour massage parlor. The Grecian Spa took patrons back to the lush days of roman revelry with toga clad attendants.
The flexible hours ruffled feathers in 1980, when Board Supervisor Peter Schabarum passed an ordinance banning nighttime operation for some parlors, citing alleged prostitution.
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December 1972 
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October 1972  |
December 1972
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West L.A.'s Academy of Nude Wrestling was probably not an accredited institution, but that wouldn't have stopped eager students from applying. Owners William and Judy Morris probably felt the name was too academic, and attempted to rename their establishment to Diamond Lil, resulting in a Superior Court civil suit from actress Mae West. The claimed unauthorized use of her nickname and did not imply she sponsored the wrestling school.
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May 1973 
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