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A '''casino''' (from the Italian diminutive of "casa", meaning "small house") is generally taken to indicate a pleasure house, often situated in the park-like setting. By the end of the 19th century it often indicated a facility for gambling. In the [[Birmingham District]], it can refer to any of the following: | A '''casino''' (from the Italian diminutive of "casa", meaning "small house") is generally taken to indicate a pleasure house, often situated in the park-like setting. By the end of the 19th century it often indicated a facility for gambling. In the [[Birmingham District]], it can refer to any of the following: | ||
* [[The Casino]], a former theater at [[2nd Avenue North]] and [[22nd Street North|22nd Street]] from the early 1880s to [[1889]]. | * [[The Casino]], a former theater at [[2nd Avenue North]] and [[22nd Street North|22nd Street]] from the early 1880s to [[1889]], with the [[The Casino|Casino Bar]] inside. | ||
* [[Casino Restaurant]], a former restaurant at 307 [[20th Street North]] | * [[Casino Restaurant]], a former restaurant at 307 [[20th Street North]] | ||
* [[East Lake Casino]], a formertheater at [[East Lake Park]] | * [[East Lake Casino]], a formertheater at [[East Lake Park]] | ||
Revision as of 20:51, 13 June 2010
A casino (from the Italian diminutive of "casa", meaning "small house") is generally taken to indicate a pleasure house, often situated in the park-like setting. By the end of the 19th century it often indicated a facility for gambling. In the Birmingham District, it can refer to any of the following:
- The Casino, a former theater at 2nd Avenue North and 22nd Street from the early 1880s to 1889, with the Casino Bar inside.
- Casino Restaurant, a former restaurant at 307 20th Street North
- East Lake Casino, a formertheater at East Lake Park
- Lakeview Casino, a former open-air stage pavilion at Lakeview Park active from 1891 to 1897.
- Red Mountain Casino, a pleasure house on Red Mountain
- Any of numerous Bingo Parlors in operation in the late 20th and early 21st century
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