William Denton asked,
> I remember in the Robert Parkers I've read that
Spenser's always having to
> go to the Combat Zone, which seems to be a really
tough red light
> district--drugs, whores, all that. What's the story
on it? Is it there
> now?
Until the sixties Boston had Scollay Square, where sailors
and the like could go for amusement. Fanueil Hall which was
very rundown then was in that area. It was redeveloped into
the prime tourist center it is now. Some of it became the
Government Center, now also a financial center. The city felt
it still needed an area where such thing as pornography and
prostitutes were concentrated to keep them away from the
upscale parts so it turned an area few blocks from downtown's
main shopping area into the Combat Zone where almost anything
goes. It's still there, but I don't think it's as wide open
as it used to be. Mark
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