Amsterdam's Plan To Close Down Red Light District
Turn Out the Red Light?
Amsterdam plans to close down its most famous district, citing sleaze, criminal activity and human trafficking.
By Thijis Niemantsverdriet | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Feb 8, 2008
...Amsterdam without the Red Light District? Wouldn't that be like Paris without the Eiffel Tower? Amsterdam's mayor, Job Cohen, and his aldermen have demonstrated little nostalgia for the district, which has been the world's most famous home of sexual permissiveness since the 15th century.
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this is pretty amazing. It's good to see them moving in a positve direction. It's amzing how little we realize about the modern day slave trade. As we sit in our cozy american suberbia sipping StarBucks...God help us.