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STRUT THAT STROLL: A Walking Tour of Calgary's Historic Sex Industry
Join us for a fun and informative walk through Calgary's historic sex industry - it's time to STRUT THAT STROLL!
Date and time
Location
Famous Five Monument in Olympic Plaza
200 8 Avenue Southeast Calgary, AB T2G 0K7 CanadaAbout this event
STRUT THAT STROLL: A Walking Tour of Calgary's Historic Sex Industry
Adventure back to Calgary's early days, when Calgary was notorious as the booze, brothel, and gambling capital of the Canadian West.
Celebrate International Sex Workers' Day by joining us for a fascinating journey through our city's historic adult consensual sex industry. Learn about the people, places, and politics that shaped our city's downtown, East Village, Victoria Park, and Inglewood neighbourhoods. This in-person event will take you along the same streets that, 120 years ago, were only dirt roads on the banks of the Bow and Elbow Rivers. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to learn about the little-known aspect of Calgary's history!
ABOUT THE TOUR
We'll set off from the Famous Five Statue. The closest C-Train station is City Hall, and the nearest cross street is 8th Avenue SE @ 1st Street SE.
We'll walk at a comfortable pace and make several stops. Our journey will take us mostly backwards in time (but away from the west-setting sun) from the early 20th C to the 1870s. We'll head north on Centre Street past Calgary's last official "red light district" before heading east along the south bank of the Bow toward Fort Calgary.
After a quick rest stop at the Simmons Building, we'll turn south to walk through the East Village. Once we get to "Whiskey Row" (a.k.a. 9th Ave SE), we'll turn west and make our way back to within a block of where we started.
COST:
Pay What You Can donation to Shift Calgary. Cash will be accepted on-site.
Suggested minimum donation is $20, but no one will be turned away. All are welcome!
DURATION:
Approx. 2 hours | DISTANCE: Roughly 4km | LEVEL 1: Easy | GROUP SIZE: 12
For larger groups please contact me to plan your tour.
The tour takes place in Treaty 7 Territory, where the Elbow River meets the Bow, on the hereditary homelands of the Niitsitapi (the Blackfoot Confederacy: Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai), the Îyârhe Nakoda (Wesley, Chiniki, and Bearspaw) and Tsuut'ina Nations, and of the Métis Nation of Alberta, Districts 5 and 6.