Tacony Music Hall
in Philadelphia, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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4812 Longshore Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19135, USA Print route »
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The Tacony Music Hall is a historic building in the Tacony neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The three-story brick building was erected in 1885 by Frank W. Jordan, a local druggist and entrepreneur, as a multi-use facility, with retail shop space on the first floor, an auditorium on the second, and space for the Keystone Scientific and Literary Association (founded 1876, later called the Disston Library and Free Reading Room) on the third.
P. T. Barnum and Susan B. Anthony lectured here.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
In March 2017 the building owners began the process of opening a sex positive community center. Membership is invite-only and limited to those over 18 years old who sign a liability waiver. The second and third floors would be used for the center by the building owner, Philly Music Hall LLC. Programming includes workshops and community meetups to discuss and practice various forms of alternative sexuality. Sex is explicitly disallowed for the majority of events, however there are some events at which it is welcomed. Participants are encouraged to practice active consent and safe sex, with failure to do so resulting in suspension or revocation of membership.
Two tenants use the first floor: the Tacony Community Development Corp. and The Children's Place Pre-School. The center is working with the pre-school to ensure they have mutually exclusive hours of operation.
