State brothels/bordellos with regulated prices existed in ancient Athens, created by the legendary lawmaker Solon. The fire also displaced about 500 prostitutes from brothels and bordellos in the neighborhood. It passed harsh penalties on speakeasies, gambling houses and bordellos. And that there were also poolrooms, saloons, dance halls, and bordellos. Bars, bordellos, squalid and lightless tenements lined its streets. Governor Waite then ordered the closure of all of Denver's gambling dens, saloons, and bordellos. Eventually, La Chinesca housed virtually all the city's casinos, bordellos and opium dens. Crude taverns, stores, and bordellos sprouted on "the Bottom", the riverside flat below the fort. There was not support, though, from the townspeople to regulate business at bordellos and taverns. It is commonly reported that tango originated in the slums and bordellos of Buenos Aires. Although adult prostitution is legal, bordellos are not. The Gentleman is portrayed neither as a depraved denizen of bordellos nor a salacious deviate. The story concerns two neighboring bordellos that battle for business in an idealized Haitian setting. Hardly mentioned is the use of local bordellos by some contractors. Apparently, bordellos could exist "at the law's discretion," (meaning the marshal's).