If CVS goes through with the project, it would mean the end of the nightclub, which opened in 1972 and has been a venerable anchor institution for Mount Vernon’s “gayborhood.” MONDAY, MAY 11, UPDATE: Chuck Bowers confirmed today in a statement to the media that The Hippo will close “sometime in the fall of 2015” and will reopen as a CVS pharmacy.
The Hippo, one of Baltimore’s oldest gay and lesbian clubs, is apparently hanging up its disco ball.Ĭhuck Bowers, owner of the Mount Vernon nightspot, is negotiating to turn the building at the southwest corner of Charles and Eager streets into a CVS store, according to city representatives who have been in contact with CVS Health Corp.
