While Auckland is agonizing over the prospect of the vile Chow brothers building a 15 story high brothel in the CBD, on the site of their demolished former heritage building, Wellington thankfully does not seem to be such a magnet for their Chow charms.
Plans for the club were announced by James Samson, who said it would be run by his wife, Jacqui Le Prouβ¦. Samson said work would start on a multimillion-dollar refurbishment of the Dixon St building once he and Le Prou took possession on January 3. It would feature chandeliers and specially made carpets imported from Germany and Spain. It would not be a brothel. Incidentally, just what is it about the names of people in the sex industry?
Jacqui Le Prou? And Brian Le Gros? They both seem somehow, so β¦. The photo below is the Christchurch branch of the Calendar Girls, seemingly one of the few buildings still standing in that stretch of street down south; Conveniently, it will be in the centre of town, next door to a Subway food bar, so at least people will be able to Eat Fresh!
After all, another Subway has just opened in Vivian St, right next to Il Bordello, in the heart of what used to be the red light district in Wellington. The sex shop Peaches and Cream, formerly on the corner of Cuba and Vivian has relocated away, down to occupy the top floor of what used to be a polychromatic wonder, and the old striptease sign up above is looking like a piece of ancient archaeological signage β in danger of getting its own heritage listing if it stays there much longer.
But why should that be? What happened to those hordes of extra hookers imported for the Rugby World Cup? Did they fulfill their destiny as receptacles for an outpouring of bravado for the boys, and were they flooding the streets with cheap sex? Were the streets of Wellington awash with women in tarty dress, showing too much leg and too much cleavage?
