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New York's Raines Law meant to crack down on drinking, but it instead gave rise to an industry of hotel brothels.
Blue laws banned saloons from selling alcoholic beverages on Sundays, but the Raines law of 1896 permitted hotels to do so. When saloon keepers responded by creating bedrooms, which were then used for prostitution, the Committee demanded inspections of premises to distinguish legitimate hotels from saloons.
A shabby, Raines law hotel-type New York City saloon and rooming house serves as the 1912 setting of the classic play The Iceman Cometh, by Eugene O'Neill. A bar named the Raines Law Room, at the Williams Hotel in New York City, is named in commemoration of the impact of the law. [9]
The Committee of Fifteen was a New York City citizens' group formed in November 1900 to combat prostitution and gambling.Established by influential members of New York's upper class, the Committee aimed to expose and reduce vice within the city, focusing particularly on areas where police corruption and political protection facilitated illegal activities.
By Meaghan Dorman at Raines Law Room and Dear Irving, NYC. Alex Staniloff. The Garden Negroni. Ingredients. 1.25 oz Tarquins Gin.75 oz Absenteroux Vermouth.5 oz Luxardo Bitter Bianco
The Hotel Chelsea, an enduring presence in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood since 1884, has always been more than just a hotel—it's a symbol of New York City's vibrant culture.From its striking ...
The Rev. Thomas De Witt Talmage called New York City the "modern Gomorrah" for allowing the Tenderloin to exist. Early in the 19th century, the major vice district had been located in what is now SoHo, called at the time "Hells' Hundred Acres", but as the city grew steadily northward, the theater district along Broadway and the Bowery moved uptown as well, as did the legitimate and ...
"Bowery Queen", c. 1890s. Paresis Hall took its common nickname from general paresis, a term for syphilitic insanity. [2]Jennie June wrote that the name "Paresis Hall" was the popular name, but androgynes disliked that name, and instead referred to it as "the Hall". [3]