This color photograph was taken right around the time that "The Hustler" was filming.
Paywalls suck!!!!!!Here’s an interesting article about Aimes I just found. It also has a few words from the owner, Mr Aimes himself.
F.Y.I. (Published 2004)
FYI column answers questions on whether pool scenes in movie The Hustler were shot in New York, on Revolutionary War-era politicain John Watts' gravestone in Trinity Church graveyard and whether New York was pioneer in day care movement; drawing (M)www.nytimes.com
A damn. I didn't realize it was when I was reading, otherwise I would have cut and pasted it here. I just tried to click on it again, and now it paywalled me. If anyone can click successfully and cut and paste it here, its a good read.Paywalls suck!!!!!!
I played at a joint calls Chino’s there in 86 or 87. Mark Haddad stepped up and diffused a bad situation and saved my ass one night. It was a bad move in my part to go there. Mark is a great guy, last I heard he is in Denver.BTW, was Oakland California a good area in Fast Eddie's day? I was just watching a youtube blurb today and coincidentally it showed Oakland and basically said it was a dumpster.
I wouldn’t be walkin anywhere around west Oakland by night, or by day for that matter. Rough area to be sure.,,I played at a joint calls Chino’s there in 86 or 87. Mark Haddad stepped up and diffused a bad situation and saved my ass one night. It was a bad move in my part to go there. Mark is a great guy, last I heard he is in Denver.
My mom told me when they moved to Ca in the early 50’s Oakland was great, by the 60’s game over. Oakland Hills is a affluent part of Oakland that is pretty nice but along the water front not so good-unless things changed in the last 20-25 years-possible.
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The guy on the camel cigarette ad - what are the goggles for?
There you go. When I spent time in New York in the 1960's there were lots of poolrooms all over Manhattan. Most of them had some good action. One of the exceptions was Ames. I went in there once or twice and there were only a few old men banging around the balls playing Straight Pool. Never went back again.ames was never an action joint or a place the hustlers and good players hung out.
although the movie made it famous.
Apparently they make the guy look cool.Those are World War 2 type avatar goggles, he has a jacket pool or use to fly with before pressuring & temperature controlled cock pits.
Smoke is coming out of Camels sign puff at time to hook you into smoking.
Apparently they make the guy look cool.