Photo Hunt #63 : Undesirable
A large sector of the population finds the red light district an undesirable area of town. To a smaller sector (I'm guessing male-dominated), it is the most desirable part of town.
This is Creek Street in Ketchikan, Alaska, a pedestrian thoroughfare above Ketchikan creek. In the old days, it was the red light district housing several bordellos. Today, it's a popular tourist stop for the restaurants, galleries, shops, etc.
Let's go inside Creek Street.
Near the entrance stands Dolly's House, an old brothel, now a museum.
Looking at the street from the front.
View from the back.
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Ketchikan, Alaska. May 29, 2007.
This is Creek Street in Ketchikan, Alaska, a pedestrian thoroughfare above Ketchikan creek. In the old days, it was the red light district housing several bordellos. Today, it's a popular tourist stop for the restaurants, galleries, shops, etc.
Let's go inside Creek Street.
Near the entrance stands Dolly's House, an old brothel, now a museum.
Looking at the street from the front.
View from the back.Join us in the weekly hunt here.
Ketchikan, Alaska. May 29, 2007.
It's just so quaint and rustic for a red light district! Very interesting and I love your photos.
ReplyDeletethis is used to be a red light district in the old days?! cool!
ReplyDeletewhat a nice place to go visit, i like the old house look in them. the biggest and longest red light i've seen yet was in amsterdam.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a lovely place to visit!! like you pointed out: undesirable isn't undesirable for everybody :)
ReplyDeleteGreat take on the theme and lovely shots.
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Great shots. It looks like a great place. As a student I lived in a red light district (the rents were cheap) not the most desirable part of twn and that's no lie! Happy weekend
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea for the theme. Looks like a beautiful place now and you took some great shots. Happy weekend!
ReplyDeletepretty decent for such a a business area :D Might bonk hubby's head if i see him there lol (That's both undesirable!)
ReplyDeleteWhat great photos - the area looks like a great place to see.
ReplyDeleteHappy Weekend.
No more Paris ? :-(
ReplyDeleteDoesn't look like an old red light district...
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i could not imagine the place to be a red light district before. hehhe though i find it now to be a beautiful place.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know a red light district was thriving in Alaska back in those days - I see Dolly's was established in 1919! If Tiger Woods lived in that period, he'd be happy I suppose LOL!
ReplyDeleteKetchikan -- and Creek Street -- looks great from your pictures. Incidentally, Ketchikan also is a name I remember from my college days as a place that a friend excitedly told me she had visited one summer. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a quaint little place, so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely place nonetheless :)
ReplyDeletemarvelous photos and beautiful place! wow, a brothel now a museum. i'm curious what the museum displays--old, sexy lingerie perhaps? LOL
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely place to visit. The photos are so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteA great series of photos. What a picturesque little village.
ReplyDeleteGreat pix! That's a really unusual 'street'. It's interesting how it's all on pilings.
ReplyDeleteNice photos and interesting solution.
ReplyDeleteHappy Weedend!
Anna
It doesn't look like a seedy red-light district. It would be fun to explore. :)
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't guess this was a red light district. I'm jealous, I want to go to Alaska!
ReplyDeleteNot undesirable today tho!! Looks lovely.
ReplyDeleteMine's HERE come on over...I'd love your visit. Happy Hunting.
Yes that looks interesting place to go. Happy hunting...Mine is ready.
ReplyDeleteNice approach for this week's theme! Looks very charming really for an old red light district.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the girls back then in those places thought the whole thing was undesirable. :( Stuff like that is sad. Hollywood portrays it as something girls liked to do... but historically speaking, girls who were financially desperate resorted to the practice. Yep, very undesirable--a good choice for this week!
ReplyDeleteMy Photo Hunt: Undesirable is up. I hope you have time to visit. Have a good weekend.
Sneaky way to get some great and fun photos into the theme. Good job! I like sneaky every now and then.
ReplyDeleteNice series of photos.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely place! Great photos!
ReplyDeleteA fascinating Alaska town!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a water village looking at how the houses and walkways are built on stilts above the water. Neat photos, beautiful angles. Does anybody really live there now?
ReplyDeleteWonderful sequence of images. The place is really attractive!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a very interesting place to visit, now days :) Probably very interesting in the old days, too!
ReplyDeleteSomeone is keeping the place looking rather nice these days. ;-)
ReplyDeletei wish some of our esteros are as beautiful! who wouldn't want to see that place!
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