What were the other "red light" districts of USA besides Times Square (crime, motels)

[NJ Brazen_3133]

What were the other red light districts of America besides Times Square?

I was watching the Netflix series Crime Scene Times Square Killer. It details the seedy history of Times Square prior to the "Disneyfication". It was a lot of peep shows, sex shows, Broadway Plays, and Prostitution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_..._Square_Killer

Did other cities or states have this? I heard there was something in Boston called the Combat Zone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Zone,_Boston

Did/does Philly have one? What LV as bad? Where and what was Chicago's called? What about LA, SF? Was Galveston TX like a vice city back when the Maceo Crime Family was around?

[Monello]

Storyville - New Orleans, LA
Creek St. - Ketchikan, AK
Tombstone, AK

Most gold rush/mining towns out west.

[TacoSoup]

North Beach, San Francisco, around Columbus Ave and Broadway. Home of the first topless bar in America

[arr430]

In Mexico, a place with a "Motel" sign is usually a place that rents rooms by the hour, and has ladies available. Most motoring Americans discover this by accident.

[jetgraphics]

Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.

[Babe_Ruth]

I don't really consider it a full-on 'red light' district.. but in LA, as Sunset gets close to West Hollywood, used to have open prostitution overnight & in the early morning. There were some strip clubs on that part of Sunset too.

It's where Eddie Murphy got stopped for picking up a prostitute back in the late 90s. Kind of a funny episode, where Murphy claimed the hooker was just hitchhiking..

[BostonBornMassMade]

The Block Baltimore
The Combat Zone Boston

[TacoSoup]

Originally Posted by Babe_Ruth

I don't really consider it a full-on 'red light' district.. but in LA, as Sunset gets close to West Hollywood, used to have open prostitution overnight & in the early morning. There were some strip clubs on that part of Sunset too.

It's where Eddie Murphy got stopped for picking up a prostitute back in the late 90s. Kind of a funny episode, where Murphy claimed the hooker was just hitchhiking..

Maybe a red light district for some? West Hollywood is the gay part of town. And that prostitute Eddie Murphy picked up was a dude.

[canadian citizen]

Anywhere out side of a US military base, especially in the south.

[xboxmas]

Not sure I would consider it a “red light district” but Aurora Ave in North Seattle is known for prostitutes and cheap motels. And a couple strip clubs.