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Take a Walking Tour of Bushwick with Mae West, Queen of Sex

Better known to film fans for her bawdy screen performances and her ever-quotable double entendres, Mae West was a Brooklyn native and fixture of the NYC theater scene long before moving to Hollywood in 1932 and cementing her reputation as the “Queen of Sex

By Danielle Thompson

Feb. 25, 2013 · 5 min read

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Take a Walking Tour of Bushwick with Mae West, Queen of Sex

Danielle Thompson February 25, 2013Feb 25, 2013 · 5 min read

Mae West was so tied to NYC’s early 20th century that many neighborhoods – like Woodhaven, Queens, where a plaque at 89-05 88th Street marks a former home, and the Upper…

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