Some of Infamous Red Light Districts around the Tristate

Yes what mystery blog would not be complete with out a discussion of the Worlds Oldest profession

Agree or not there will always be a need for shady lady's of the night as long as there are young men willing to pay for sex so its not surprising around the tri-state area were several Red Light districts.
one such was in Steubenville Ohio which also had a large illegal gambling district to go with it My dad would sometimes get hired to take young Jewish men from Squirrel hill  to have an evenings fun in Steubenville . It has been mostly torn down and was located close to the steel mill.

 

https://www.theintelligencer.net/life/features/2015/02/author-sheds-light-on-steubenivlle-s-past-infamous-red-light-district/

My Dad who is not Jewish but he  would get hired by young Jewish Men in early 50s to take them from Squirrel   Hill  to Steubenville and Club 30 upriver for a nights entertainment of gambling and drinking   in his old 43 Plymouth and make sure they got home safely

My grandfather spoke of  young men walking the line a red light district along 2nd ave in Pittsburgh before the J&L Mill was expanded during world wars .

 Now my Grandfather said back in the day the houses along 2nd ave a Dr. was always on call and made sure the lady's where safe from Sexual disease. I don't know how true this is  as even back then it was illegal but it would make sense to keep everyone safe.

One of the more Infamous Places to meet a shady lady was Brick Alley in Mckeesport Now all gone.

https://brewingwithleber.blogspot.com/2011/05/birth-of-brick-alley-ipa.html

 

Brick Alley was a street, covered with bricks, down by the Youghiogheny River. On the river side were businesses: warehouses, a scrap yard, an auto wrecking yard. On the other side were wooden houses, brothels. On the upriver end, just beyond the wrecking yard, was the black housing project, Harrison Village.

You also had gambling which seems to go hand in hand with Prostitution. But eventually the Brick alley was torn down late 70s and  partly redeveloped . When i worked as a guard I would walk up Walnut Street to Reliance Steel also now gone and you could see where all the foundations and bricks where still laying. including the former Tube city Brewery