{"id":3750,"date":"2024-02-23T13:08:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T18:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/?p=3750"},"modified":"2024-02-23T13:08:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T18:08:24","slug":"if-youre-looking-for-a-monstrously-overwritten-1870s-guide-to-nyc-brothels-then-youre-in-luck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2024\/02\/if-youre-looking-for-a-monstrously-overwritten-1870s-guide-to-nyc-brothels-then-youre-in-luck\/","title":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re looking for a monstrously overwritten 1870s guide to NYC brothels, then you\u2019re in luck!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u2026\u2019cause the whole damn thing is digitized online: and free for all: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/projects\/documents\/a-vest-pocket-guide-to-brothels-in-19th-century-new-york-for-gentlemen-on-the-go\">A Vest Pocket Guide to Brothels in 19th-Century New York for Gentlemen on the Go<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Choice bits include these sick burns on pg. 19 (original page numbering):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"591\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screen-Shot-2024-02-23-at-12.53.52-PM.png\" alt=\"Text from &quot;A Gentleman's Directory (of NYC Brothels)&quot; published in 1870. Reads: &quot;The establishment\nSpring street is a house of assignation kept by Hattie Taylor, It\nis 8 third class house where may\nbe found the lowest class of conrtezans. It is patronized by roughs\nand rowdies, and gentlemen who\nturn their shirts wrong side out\nwhen the other side is dirty.\nThe house NO. 114 PPL05\nis kept by Mrs. Palmer. It is a low\neatablishment and frequented only\nby the fagends of the community.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-3751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screen-Shot-2024-02-23-at-12.53.52-PM.png 591w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screen-Shot-2024-02-23-at-12.53.52-PM-300x277.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 85vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>and this bit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"597\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screen-Shot-2024-02-23-at-1.01.07-PM.png\" alt=\"Text from &quot;A Gentleman's Directory (of NYC Brothels)&quot; published in 1870. Reads: &quot;No. 127 W. 26th street is &amp;\nladies boarding house of the\nsecond class, kept by Madame\nBuemont.  There is a report of a\nbear being kept in the cellar, but\nfor what reason may be inferred.\nThere is not anything else attractive about the place.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-3752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screen-Shot-2024-02-23-at-1.01.07-PM.png 597w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screen-Shot-2024-02-23-at-1.01.07-PM-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 85vw, 597px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m gonna admit that I\u2019m extremely naive and just say it: I cannot infer the reason the bear is kept in the cellar. Our sex ed class didn\u2019t cover this. Can someone please explain?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also love the reasoning highlighted on pg. 7 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/projects\/documents\/a-vest-pocket-guide-to-brothels-in-19th-century-new-york-for-gentlemen-on-the-go#annotation\/a3\">annotation #3<\/a>), because it&#8217;s literally Skinner&#8217;s &#8220;I was only there to get directions on how to get away from there!&#8221; gag from the the old &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/simpsonswiki.com\/wiki\/Bart_After_Dark\">Marge vs. the Burlesque House<\/a>&#8221; episode of <em>The Simpsons<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Old Greet &amp; Toss\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UwqV3NmD4ng?start=165&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026\u2019cause the whole damn thing is digitized online: and free for all: A Vest Pocket Guide to Brothels in 19th-Century New York for Gentlemen on the Go Choice bits include these sick burns on pg. 19 (original page numbering): and this bit: I\u2019m gonna admit that I\u2019m extremely naive and just say it: I cannot &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2024\/02\/if-youre-looking-for-a-monstrously-overwritten-1870s-guide-to-nyc-brothels-then-youre-in-luck\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;If you\u2019re looking for a monstrously overwritten 1870s guide to NYC brothels, then you\u2019re in luck!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_share_on_mastodon":"1"},"categories":[11],"tags":[95,909,989,77,904,572,988,44,328,218],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/a2mi.social\/@dave0\/111982130520896024","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3750"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3754,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3750\/revisions\/3754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}