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storyThe Vice District Built Beside RespectabilityPittsburgh’s vice districts did not exist outside respectable property markets. Brothels, saloons, lodging houses, theaters, churches, factories, and family homes could occupy the same few blocks.Historyviceproperty records
storyThe Outlaw Who Became A Newspaper CharacterRocco “Roxie Long” DiPippa lived twice: once in police and court records, and again in newspapers that turned him into a recurring character. Accounts describe a career that included theft.HistoryProhibitioncrime reporting
storyThe Taverns Where The Walls Kept ScoreThe poker machine did not have to spit out coins to become a gambling device. In Pittsburgh-area taverns, the payout could happen at the cash register.Historygamblingvideo poker