Written and photographed by Mary L. Peachin
Vol. 12 No. 2
The Stingeree, an area featuring bars, strip joints, and houses of prostitution were places where sailors use to carouse when they were off duty. Bartender Peter Cassidy, who excelled at “stinging”, would get sailors drunk then sell them as labor to ship captains who were headed to exotic ports unknown. That’s how the area got its name.