Banishment through Branding: From Montréal’s Red Light District to Quartier des Spectacles

This paper analyzes how the City of Montréal employed tools of urban planning—including a district plan, street redesign, rezoning, selective public consultation, expropriation, policing and surveillance—to spatially banish sex work from its historic district, using the red light symbol as a brandin...

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Main Authors: Rhianne Fiolka, Zack Marshall, Anna Kramer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Series:Social Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/11/9/420