The period between 1951-1954 saw a blossoming of LGBT nightlife in San Francisco, especially in North Beach and the Tenderloin. This was due to a few factors. First, a 1951 case against the 585 Club, a gay bar on Post Street, found that police could not arrest patrons unless they had clearly committed a crime. Because the patrons were merely at a bar, the police could not arrest them. This ruling helped encourage locals to open and maintain LGBT nightlife spots. Second, the influence of the beat generation helped bring a more open, transgressive sexuality into local culture. Writers such as Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, both of whom lived in North Beach, wrote about intimate male friendship and homosexual experiences. The famous Ginsberg poem Howl, which openly discussed homosexuality, was first performed at Six Gallery and later published by City Lights Publishers (across from 12 Adler Place) in 1955. In total, a collection of San Francisco LGBT venues opened and flourished in the early 1950s, including Tommy's Bar/12 Adler Place, Miss Smith's Tea Room (new bar), Tin Angel (new bar), the Beige Room (relocated bar), the Paper Doll (new supper club), Dolan's (new supper club), and Gordon's (new supper club).