<p>Ah . . . the good ol’ days.
I was once sent to arrest a guy who was known to hang out in strip bars. This would have been the early 80s. Poles were in place at that time and I remember the song to this day. Rod Stewart’s “Do you think I’m sexy?”
A little later in the 80s, the mid-80s, in NY, the bars definitely had poles.</p>
<p>Anyway, my partner was an italian fellow, we looked in every strip bar we could find. Probably more than we should have . . . but we got lots of attention from the girls.</p>
<p>I do remember visiting a few places in the late 70s that did not have poles; as I recall the girls danced on platforms behind the bar.</p>
<p>So, I think poles came into fashion about 1980.</p>