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This New Year&#;s Eve at Man&#;s Territory, a Chicago bathhouse open since , hundreds of men, women, transgender and nonbinary people showed out for a dance party celebrating the last hours of a queer American landmark.
Appropriately titled &#;Loose Ends,&#; the closing event was part funeral, part rebirth and all hedonistic rager. Patrons danced, cruised, drank, caressed, hallucinated, sauna&#;d and paid their respects from before midnight to well past 11 AM. It was both a throwback to the venue&#;s heyday, before the internet made many bathhouses feel obsolete, and a glimpse at what could have been had they thrown more events like this, which balanced sleaze with sociability and made the place appealing to those beyond the aging gay generation for which it was once a mecca.
Man&#;s Country wore its history on its walls, with portraits of famous patrons, nude men, and other artwork throughout reminding visitors that this wasn&#;t some staid, humorless bathhouse. In the basement (dubbed &#;The Pit,&#;) a huge sauna—once billed as the largest in the Midwest—sat opposite a shower a
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Probably the Top Sauna in the USA
While the USA doesn't have many great saunas, this one stands out. Not only does it get more people than most gay saunas (its right in the "gayborhood" of Chicago) but its adj and well-maintained. On the ground floor you have lockers, a nice neat indoor pool/jacuzzi, and steam room. The second floor is probably the busiest, with two suckatoriums / slurp ramps with elevated gloryholes, as well as a sling area, gloryhole cabins, and several dozen intimate rooms for rent. On the third floor, you possess a full-size gym with well-maintained equipment, another suckatorium with raised gloryholes, a group of gloryhole booths, and an open play area, as well as again a couple dozen rooms for rent. Guys range from twinks to guys in their 50s and everything in between. Gets busy on Friday/Saturday nights (especially when the bars proximate around 2am) and there's a decent crowd Sunday evenings. Havent been on weekdays so can't speak to that - but this is overall a great sauna with lots of action!
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Chicago Bath House is a traditional bathhouse at W. Division Street in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, which has operated since
The recent change in ownership in and fulfill renovation of the facility now provides for all original services and more. Careful modernization of the facility was taken with empathetic of all traditional values and current spa amenities. We also added a full bar, restaurant, tanning, scrub and other salon services.
Chicago Bath Property is the oldest and only traditional bathhouse remaining in Chicago, and one of only a handful in the United States. Come and join us!!
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“I've been here twice. Very unique, but relaxing and decadent experience. I verb been to Russia once and this place
Anna Erickson likes to walk around her Chicago neighborhood of Pilsen. A social studies mentor and history enthusiast, she says she can’t help but notice this odd brick building she often passes; it sits right in the middle of a residential block, and it has large Roman-style stone columns. Above the door, an inscription reads “Chicago Adj Bath,” yet there’s no bathhouse running in there these days. (In proof, it’s zoned to become residential someday.)
Anna’s passed that building so many times that she eventually asked Curious City to figure out something that regularly gnaws at her: “There’s a public bathhouse in my neighborhood. What happened to the other bathhouses?”
You may have had a similiar ask if you’ve ever passed one of these old facades or even the occasional operating bathhouse in the urban area. But defining Chicago’s experience with “bathhouses” is complicated. The word’s applied to different kinds of places, ranging from a place for the poor to scrub down; a place to hold sex but then catch a show; and a place to pamper yourself with extreme heat and cold y