Roadmap to “The Wickedest Street in the World,” 1893

Map of the retail places of business in the district covered by the Christian Homestead Ass’n of Buffalo: This delightfully detailed map shows Buffalo’s notorious “Canal Street District” during  its heyday. Colored dots indicate the location of 75 “houses of ill fame,” 108 saloons, 19 “free theatre saloons,” and 76 other retail establishments at this dangerous but colorful “crossroads of the world.”

Reproduction print on archival paper: image size 11 x 14 in., matted to 16 x 20 in.

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