Google Maps recognizes "Hooker Harvey's"
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I remember when I would drive down there with friends just to gawk (as we were only about 16-18) and got our kicks out of that, a car would pull up and like 15 them of them would go running up to the car. It was insane. It was so crazy how it was back then, with them standing on the corner wearing typical street walker gear, like the thigh high boots, with a short skirt and fur coat or something.
The Hooker Harvey's street meat scene died as a direct result of the Harper Bill C36, where the low hanging fruit of the sex trade, the street pimps in the Church and Jarvis area who were primarily black where eliminated. Because the. Attorney General in Queens Park ordered LE to disregard Bill C36, LE used and continues to use the charges of human trafficking on these pimps, while other privileged individuals get a free pass.
Yeah too bad it was over years before C36 was even a dream
Don't let truth get in the way of a good rant though
https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/...troll_sex_workers_think_its_safer_inside.html
Ah not so, there was still significant street action around Church and Jarvis well after this article right up until Bill C36 became law. I remember eating at Guu Izakaya now Kinka on just south of Carleton on Church St. many times after your 2009 Star article and seeing these streetwalkers standing at many corners in the area. Nobody knew how C36 would play out, or would have imagined that places York Region have seen brothels aka holistics flourishing as LE is sidelined except if human trafficking or underaged is involved.
Mention maybe, but not in a way that deals with the street scene as in any way safe (legally or hygienically) or appropriate for serious discussion and consideration in any of these Forums.
When and if the Mods change that policy, you can be sure you won't have to use the Lounge for the topic.
It's only a matter of time before it gets knocked down and they build another condo. (OTOH, maybe they should designate it a historical site.)
Wow. I can't believe it's still there. You'd think a condo would have replaced it 10 years ago by now.
I tried googling it, but didn't find the answer. When was this Harvey's built? Maybe 40 years ago?
I tried googling it, but didn't find the answer. When was this Harvey's built? Maybe 40 years ago?
As soon as Bill C36 became law, street walkers for the most part vanished in the major cities like Vancouver, Edmonton, Montreal, Winnipeg. And yes Toronto. You think too locally it seems.
All gone.
Their were some beautiful streetwalkers there years ago. Short skirts, high heels, wow.
Once in awhile there are one or two streetwalkers on Yonge St. just across from the 24 hour McDonald's/Swiss Chalet immediately south of Gerrard/Yonge.
Haha that reminded me of the streetwalkers that always stood outside the Zanzibar, everyone coming and going got groped,especially the drunks. 70's through the early 90's
