Original features abound at the historic Shamrock Bowl, where five-pin bowling rules.

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Perfect for Lebowski-esque soirees, Shamrock Bowl comes stocked with a full supply of bowling shoes.

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A couple of five-pin players relax at the vintage snack bar.

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What did Keats say? 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever.' If only he could gaze upon the Shamrock's picture perfect lanes.

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The cool Formica and aluminum tables are a testament to the awesome design sensibilities of the early 50's.

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Scoring in five-pin is simple. Bowlers can score up to 45 points per turn, if they score three consecutive strikes.

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A collection of old wooden pins adorns a window sill overlooking Coxwell Avenue.

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Five-pin bowling was invented in Canada in 1908, and the Shamrock is the country's largest five-pin bowling alley.

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Kids find five-pin easier than 10-pin because of the lighter, smaller bowling balls.

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'Backstage' at the Shamrock Bowl. While renovating the alley, the owners brought a technician over from Germany, to fix the original Swiss-made equipment. The bygone technology uses a simple string method to prompt the pin machine to do a sweep. The balls are lifted on a pulley system using the mechanism visible in the centre of the photo, and returned to the bowler.

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Hilary Swank by Norman Jean Roy 2004
Vanity Fair, March 2005

© Norman Jean Roy

Legends of Hollywood by Annie Leibovitz 2001
L-R: Nicole Kidman, Catherine Deneuve, Meryl Streep,
Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet, Vanessa
Redgrave, Chloë Sevigny, Sophia Loren, Penélope Cruz
Vanity Fair, April 2001

© Annie Leibovitz / Contact Press Images / Courtesy of the Artist

Louis Armstrong by Anton Bruehl 1935
Vanity Fair, November 1935

© Condé Nast Publications Inc. / Courtesy National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution / Art Resource, NY

Mick Jagger, Madonna and Tony Curtis
by Dafydd Jones 1997
Variant pose published in Vanity Fair, June 1997

© Dafydd Jones

Julianne Moore as Ingres's 'Grand Odalisque', New York
City, by Michael Thompson 2000
Vanity Fair, April 2000

© 2000 Michael Thompson

Katharine Hepburn by Cecil Beaton 1935
Vanity Fair, July 1935

© Condé Nast Publications Inc. / Courtesy Sotheby's, London

Liza Minnelli by Mary Ellen Mark 2001
Vanity Fair, March 2002

© Mary Ellen Mark

Philip Johnson wearing model of PPG Building by Josef
Astor 1996
Costume designed and constructed by Joseph Hutchins,
Works N.Y.
Vanity Fair, July 1996

© Josef Astor

Bette Davis by Maurice Goldberg 1934
Vanity Fair, February 1935

© Condé Nast Publications Inc. / Courtesy Condé Nast Archive

Cary Grant by George Hoyningen-Huene 1934
Vanity Fair, November 1934

© Condé Nast Publications Inc. / Courtesy Condé Nast Archive