And the Safe Sleep for Babies Act, signed into federal law in 2022, outright banned the sale of drop-side cribs and crib bumpers that could potentially suffocate infants.
In the 1830s, for example, thirty-four percent of brothels were within three blocks of a theater.
—
Betsy Golden Kellem,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Mar. 2026
The 1893 silver crash and the following regional depression left the area in decline, turning it into skid row with brothels, speakeasies, pawn shops and widespread crime.
—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
1 Mar. 2026
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