It was founded as the Recreation Bowling Center in 1927, a 100-lane duckpin[1] complex on North Howard Street in Baltimore, Maryland, by the Friedberg family.
[2] The Friedbergs expanded to other locations, starting in the Baltimore area, and renamed the company "Fair Lanes".
During the 1950s and 1960s, it was the largest chain of bowling alleys,[3] with over 40 locations in the US and England.
[2] Baltimore designer Betty Cooke was hired to design the interiors, choosing bright colors to bring an air of respectability to what had been mainly and basement and saloon facilities.
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