Milwaukee Buzz - April 2, 2009
Milwaukee Police crack down on online prostitution
The cliché has played out in the movies and on TV countless times: a man pulls up to a suggestively-dressed woman; she leans in the window and asks what he's looking for; a price is negotiated and she hops inside. While many in Milwaukee have heard stories about notorious pick-up zones, the world's oldest profession, like everything else, has gone high-tech. Consider it another example of the internet changing the way people do business.
Tags: prostitution, vice, craigslist, escorts, mpd

Milwaukee Buzz - Sept. 12, 2006
Sex for sale: Hitting the streets with hookers, johns and the Milwaukee Police
It doesn’t garner big headlines, but prostitution remains a problem in some area neighborhoods. In this special report, OnMilwaukee.com follows police through undercover sting operations at various “hot spots” and uncovers a view of the city that many never see.
Tags: vice, prostitution, hooker, police, mpd, vice squad

Travel & Visitors Guide - May 19, 2006
Quiet Edison Street once housed bars, brothels
If you could step back in time 100 years, you might be surprised to find that River Street -- as Edison Street was then called -- was lined with taverns, music halls, hotels and, believe it or not, brothels.
Tags: Edison Street, River Street, Water Street, downtown, bars, tavern, Kitty Williams, Zabel, Seidel, Socialist, Janssen, prostitution, brother, Miss Kitty, Gurda, red light, Mayor Rose