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About New York City

Back in the day, like Greece and Rome, brothels were legit businesses. Little known fact: some had menus, bro! Menus for services, haha, crazy right? Made me laugh, then angry. Exploitation, man, it’s real. But also, humans, so complicated. “There’s a lot of luck in fishing,” like Dory says, but in brothels? More like survival.

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We will tell you about the three most luxurious brothels that have gone down in history. The notoriety of these institutions only fueled interest in them. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, brothels were not just houses of vice, but also a kind of salons where bohemians gathered.

Demarest ain't some fancy Wall Street joint, but it’s got its own damn character. Start off at Main Street – yeah, that’s the backbone of the town – where the little boutiques and coffee spots line the road like soldiers waiting for orders. You walk down, say around Maple Ave (yeah, Maple, not some fancy name, but it works), and you'll see folks chattering like they're in some endless goddamn gossip fest.

Demarest Library welcomes April artist Maureen Bennett