how odd is this?

[dragonyphoenix]

So, I'm tooling around the web, looking for pics of Maiden Street because I'm thinking of send vamp!Willow and Spike there, when I find this bit of info:

The standard price list on Morton Street (what Maiden Lane was called when that area was the red light district) was as follows:
Mexican women, 25¢
Black, Chinese, or Japanese women, 50¢
Frenchwomen 75¢
American women $1.00
Red-haired women (especially if Jewish): negotiable
San Franciscans believed that redheads, especially Jewish redheads, were sizzling hot.
- http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=San_Francisco's_Sleaziest_Street_-_Yesterday_and_Today

That bit about the redheads, especially Jewish redheads, really threw me since I'm sending Willow there, although I have to admit I'm not sending her back in time to when prostitues worked that area.

Comments

[whichclothes.livejournal.com]

That's really, really weird!!

And today Maiden Street has cafes and art galleries. You can probably see it on Google Earth.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

I know. Strange!

I did find a good pic, I think on that site. I might look for more at the library tomorrow (my home connection is sloooooow). However, this is set in the late 1980s I think (whenever BtVS was airing), and I'm not sure how much the area has changed since then. One of the sites I clicked to suggested homeless used to hang out in Union Square around that timeframe.

[whichclothes.livejournal.com]

I've been visiting SF since the early 90's. There were some homeless in the area at the time (SF always has a lot of homeless people) but it was still mostly pretty touristy/upscale.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

That helps very much. Thank you.

[whichclothes.livejournal.com]

Oh. good. :-)

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Well, natural redheads have that rare, exotic thing going for them. The "especially if Jewish" part threw me, though -- wouldn't they all just *say* they're Jewish?

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

You've got a point there. They probably would.