A Special Episode! In March of 1978, Philadelphia journalist Edgar Williams composed this farewell to the old burlesque theater, the site of many vivid, poignant, and hilarious scenes from his youth.
On March 31, 1978, "The Troc" - Philadelphia's longtime notorious burlesque house on Arch Street - closed for business.
The journalist Edgar Williams composed this poetic farewell to the site of so many vivid, poignant, and hilarious episodes from his youth.
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