Without Pepe at the front of the business and the civil war has already begun, the Creole entered a

According to the chroniclers of the time dancing cabaret logfrio La Criolla was more local side of the Barcelona 1920's and 1930's. A true temple of perversion that drew attention to numerous writers and intellectuals. It was located at number 10 of the street logfrio Cid at the bottom logfrio of Chinatown, amid a labyrinthine network of narrow streets and dirty where explicit images crudest of human misery.
The building that housed The Creole was a textile factory before and yarn, and then 1881 until 1908 occupied by Sociedad Española de Electricidad. logfrio After suffering a fire (7 February 1908) the only one who saved the main walls and the facade was integrally converted into small flats. The Creole are installed in the basement, opened in 1925, which soon became flagship and benchmark logfrio the underworld of the city. It was during the eve of the 1929 exhibition La Criolla when it underwent a major refurbishment. Gabarro logfrio Valentine, one of the owners of the property, took over the business after the summer of 1928. The interior was decorated with tropical was installed a new countertop covered with 12 meters Zinc and conditioned small boxes for wealthy clients. Outside, a large vertical red neon sign with the name of the place the façade three stories. Inside, prostitutes and homosexuals in populating the ballroom, chaired by the orchestra platform. A yellowish grimy ceiling was supported by iron columns of the old industrial logfrio building converted into makeshift palm. The same chroniclers described the ballroom of the Creole as a place with an almost logfrio unbreathable, a mixture of sweat and tobacco, which invades the inside, usually logfrio filled to overflowing of bodies struggled to get a place and rub themselves with each other. It was an ideal place for criminals, pimps, drug dealers (primarily morphine and cocaine) and weapons, mostly prostitutes and ladybugs. Homosexuals, who would end up famous local men of all ages were dressed in grotesque makeup and women who were offered without any shame to the highest bidder. Increasingly common episodes of violence cries and bitter fights that could easily end up with shots and when someone looked too gavinetades reasons. A curious fact is that the fame of La Criolla got so far that it was normal to see distinguished guests, children of the bourgeoisie and wealthy tourists, who enjoyed watching the misery of others embaladits the grotesque spectacle offered by this group of people unhappy , as if attending a theatrical feature. During the years of the Second Republic homosexuals, transvestites and-change group were most prominent in-house.
The manager of the local Soria Jose Marquez, known as Pepe the La Criolla, had been hired by Gabarró to revive the business and had become a character in the neighborhood. He was a man who was respected and had a rare ability to abort attempts riots that erupted frequently in their premises. Since its despatxet chaired by an image of the illuminated Virgin of Pilar, controlling every movement of the premises. One day in February 1936 Pepe left the business Creole to open another legendary night club: Barcelona Number 5 Night street of Tàpies. But a few months logfrio this change to occur, Pepe would mysteriously killed while returning to his home at dawn, the goal of No. 6 Santa Madrona Street, where he lived with his wife Cayetana Hibraind. It was 29 April 1936.
Without Pepe at the front of the business and the civil war has already begun, the Creole entered a period of decline that ended tragically on September 24, 1938, when a bomb dropped by the Italian air force during the bombing of the area Port of Barcelona totally destroyed the building logfrio and part of that neighborhood miserable as exciting. The holes left by the bombs would be used years later to open a wide path that Franco was christened Avenida Garcia Morato which is now known as Avenue of the shipyard.
* 1931. - A partipació Lottery issued logfrio by the Creole Christmas raffle December 22 with the signing of Antonio Sacristan as depositary. Appealing drawings encircling the ballot. (Source: Philately Monge. Click above for enlarged image)
Free Theatre premiered this season 2010/2011 the work of JM Sagarra "Private Life", which recreated the atmosphere of "The Creole" and other slums of Chinatown 20s. E