Magic-City Magic-City Magic-City was an amusement park near Pont de l'Alma, two blocks east of the Eiffel Tower, in Paris from 1900 to 1934. A large dance hall at 188 rue de l'Université in Paris was located in Magic-City. The venue was known for its "drag balls."The emblematic event of homosexual life in Paris in the inter-war years was a series of masked balls held annually during Carnival on "Mardi Gras" (Shrove Tuesday) and "Mi-Carême" (Mid-Lent) at Magic-City Dancing, an immense dance-hall on the Rue de l'Universite, near the Eiffel Tower. ... Between 1922 and 1939, thousands of men, most costumed
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