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ET: But you have to remember that Seattle was built on prostitution like the Central Hotel that I took over in 1957, the windows were inside the hall.
TH: Oh, is that right?
ET: So I suppose the girls stood on boxes and the customer would go from room to room, pick out the ones he wants. I mean, I couldn't see any other reason for that window being on the inside.
YM: The place where I was born was formerly a house of prostitution.
DG: Where was that, Salty?
YM: On Maynard and Weller. It was called the Indiana Hotel.
ET: A lot of these hotels, I think, were built for that reason.
TH: Well, the Dreamland Hotel on 6th and King, that was like that. The window on the outside faces the hallway and the rooms on the inside had windows facing the hallway.
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