Oh yeah, here's the rate list. In '02 it was $20 for a membership, then $10 for a locker ($7 for "students" under 25)...so it would've been $30 on the first visit. Higher on the weekend, though.
I got tired of walking by this place on my way to Powell's not knowing what it was, so I finally stuck my head in the door on a sunny afternoon and asked the guy behind the window what 'Club Portland' was. I swear he looked down at this feet and mumbled "....gay bath house..." I felt like I should tell him "Hey, that's OK, ya know? Don't be so hard on yourself!"
After this I see the construction workers going on to some employ much less gaggy. Like sewage worker.
http://web.archive.org/web/20020124224019/…
http://web.archive.org/web/20020408223638/…
I'm not saying it wasn't gross -- because it was.
I'm not saying drugs weren't a problem -- because they were.
But it certainly was not on the glorious level of seediness and disrepair as stated above.
Man! I wonder is there's a budding war for it...?
Twink-e-leaks....?