L Street Bathhouse in South Boston Massachusetts #1
by Brian MacLean
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L Street Bathhouse in South Boston Massachusetts #1
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Brian MacLean
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The Curley Community Center in South Boston Massachusetts is commonly referred to as the L Street Bathhouse.
In its earliest days it provided separate changing and bathhouse facilities for men, boys, and a third for women and girls. Bathing, both in the water and in the sun was done in the nude which explains the fences operating the portions of the beach and keeping it private from the adjacent, and popular, M Street Beach.
The people of the time who came regularly to the L St Bathhouse in all weather and season became known locally as "Brownies" due to the dark tans their skin would have after to the constant exposure to the sun and wind.
Presently the building host the Curler Community Center and the L Street Brownies hold an annual Polar Plunge on New Years Day where hundreds take a tip in the frigid waters of the Atlantic Ocean despite the traditionally cold temperatures in New England in January.
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December 5th, 2015
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