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Storyville

district, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Storyville, historic region of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. It was one of the most famous red-light districts in the United States when prostitution was effectively legal in Storyville from 1897 to 1917. The district was created when Alderman Sidney Story, responding to public protests against rampant prostitution in New Orleans, succeeded in having the City Council adopt an ordinance in January 1897 limiting brothels, saloons, and other businesses of vice to a prescribed area. The area—which, to his dismay, unofficially acquired his name—came to include a number of blocks on Bienville, Conti, Customhouse, St. Louis, Marais, North Basin, North Franklin, ...(100 of 252 words)

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