Posted June 29, 200717 yr . ..well not really, but this was brought up over at the Esrati blog, so I tought id run with the idea as a fun Friday evening thread. Dayton is already developing an incipient sex district, but it hasnt reached that level yet. The basics are there, though.... Lots of small storefront space that could be converted into sexually oriented buisinessess as well as nightclubs of various sorts..upper rooms into apartments for trick pads. And it could be marketed as the place to have fun and find love (or maybe just a quickie) How it might work...a mix of showbars and other sexually oriented establishments, for all orientations. Also, if we ever get as liberal as the Netherlands, we could have a little stroll for streetwalkers and window displays, like they have in Amsterdam. Plus a neighborhood VD clinic. ...you probably wouldnt market it as "The Sex District", maybe something like "The Playground".
June 30, 200717 yr LOL! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 30, 200717 yr Ha we up here in Cleveland are going to be able to top this in no time at all wiith our brilliant plan to make the recovering flats a red light district.
June 30, 200717 yr If state lawmakers would allow it...I'd say make Dayton the Las Vegas of the midwest! Go for it, you might as well take a chance on something...hell if it worked out in the middle of a damn dessert then I say it could work for Dayton.
June 30, 200717 yr Dayton, turn on the red light! To promote tourism, Dayton is officially renamed "New Gohmorrah" :evil:
June 30, 200717 yr daaaaay ton! you dont have to turn on the red light those days are over you dont have to sell your body to the night (i think the police are back and touring this summer no?) ps -- the century is a hell of a cool old bar. reminds me of the old nyc bars.
July 1, 200717 yr to promote tourism, Dayton is officially renamed "New Gohmorrah" I was thinking more the Sodom of the Ohio Valley. ...and Dayton does have a bit of history with adult entertainment via the connection with Larry Flint (who's first joint was just two blocks or so east of here on Third). You see these kind of pleasure zones in Europe, maybe like Picadilly in London, or more like Sankt Pauli in Hamburg (there are probably others). This just does not cut it with Americans. Third Street will never became a midwest Reeperbahn. Though this was a tongue-in-cheek rif on a blog comment elsewhere, this part of downtown was slated to be an entertainment district by a developer who bought up some buildings, but nothing came of that, except some vacant bars and a homosexual disco. I still think the place has potential as its one of the few parts of downtown thats not a barren wasteland of dead building fronts and parking lots. I don't get it why the guy who runs Masque doesnt open a urban version of Diamonds in one of the buildings here. s -- the century is a hell of a cool old bar. reminds me of the old nyc bars. Yeah, physically the back-bar is fabulously grand. The afternoon barmaid told me that some designers came in and took a bunch of pix and measurements as they want to duplicate the bar somewhere else. Oddly enough I have been stopping there more often over the past few years, though I don't go to bars without live music. The crowd is...a real mix. The demo crew that took down the Admiral Benbow came there after work and they have a group photo of them. And they get a younger 20-something crowd later..maybe early 30s at the oldest. Earlier the crowd is older, and a real mix of types. Can't categorize it. Last night, later at night, they had a rare live music event, a three piece ...sort of this bizzare take on punk/new wave..the lady singer was standing on the bar doing the vocals, accompanied by her husband on guitar, who had a German accent, maybe. Her brother was the percussion. Just a wild-ass energy level there that night. They were supposedly guests from Nashville? Nashville must have an interesing music scene beyond country, thats for sure. This was one time I wish I had my camera with.
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