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Red Light Walking Tour

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*** This event has been postponed from its original date of Wednesday, July 24 to Wednesday, August 7. ***


Join us for our Red Light Tour with Karen Herland! Come learn about Montreal's historic Red Light District and its most infamous figures.


Sex work, especially in its most visible forms, tends to be recognized as a problem, requiring intervention and eradication. As a major transportation hub and port city, many sectors of Montreal’s economy were intertwined with the sex trade, even as police and politicians manipulated social responses (positive and negative) to the presence of a thriving Red Light District. From Maimie Pinzer to Harry Ship and through to the present day, this tour explores the social, economic, labour, cultural, racial, and gender history of Montreal through its former Red Light, which for decades thrived in the heart of Montreal’s burgeoning Jewish community.


This tour covers 150 years and 10 city blocks over 1.5-2 hours. The tour begins on the southeast corner of Boulevard René Lévesque and Boulevard St. Laurent and ends near St. Laurent metro station. Please note that while the tour will be led in English, questions may be asked and answered in French.


TICKETS:

Adults: $25

Students: $13

Ages 65+: $23

Ages 13-17: $13

Ages 8-12: $8

Ages 0-7: Free


Weather Policy: In the event of light rain, the tour will go on as scheduled. If there is a strong warning of heavy rain and/or thunderstorms, the tour will be postponed. All registrants will have the option to attend the rescheduled tour.

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Location

  • 1111 Boul. Saint-Laurent
    1111 Boul. Saint-Laurent
    Montréal, QC, H2Z 1J6, Canada

  • We will meet on the southeast corner of Boulevard René Lévesque and Boulevard St. Laurent.

Organized By
Museum of Jewish Montreal
Point of Contact

Austin Henderson

  • Wed, Aug 7
  • 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM EDT

1111 Boul. Saint-Laurent

1111 Boul. Saint-Laurent
Montréal, QC, H2Z 1J6

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