city ,expropriation and 'culture'

[candyass cabaret]

whooooooo boy. The arrogance of the architecture firm ,the city covering up things and forcing expropriation .
The city has been in cahoots to create a socalled 'quartier des spectacles' literally a big ass large arts plaza ,sector.
The thing is they are destroying a certainly well known and obvious redlight sector. its not like this particular little section of town is a surprise and it certainly does not come close to the infamous old 'Combat zone ' of Boston from back in the day.. They say they are not trying to 'clean up' the sector but they talk instead, of bringing culture to that part of town. Well maybe its not our kind of culture we want to see or partake in, or can even afford.
There are literally heritage stripclubs there such as the Sexteria ,the Sex Machine (which was destroyed some time ago) and Cafe Cleopatra's which is the stripclub venue that our little sweet troupe performs at.The Cleopatra venue has a unique stage setup that cannot be found elsewhere in the city.KAtacombes the grungy punk club .All these have a value in their own way.
. The Montreal Hot Dog Pool room is famous for several decades of serving up their 'steamies' and fries.
They want to destroy all this and bring in $12 vegan salads and mainstream art performances.franchise stores and restaurants .yeah thats being local! that brings in a real 'diverse ' crowd sureeeeeeeeeeeee.....