Westend, Copenhagen

Westend is a street and Art Deco-style housing complex in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark.

In 1877, Copenhagen was home to a total of fifty licensed brothels with approximately 300 "public women".

"Foreningen imod Lovbeskyttelse for Usædelighed", a branch of "La féderation britnniqve, Continentale et générale", was founded in 1894.

A group of developers purchased a property further out on Vesterbrogade with the intention of creating a private street where prostitutes could operate from individual apartments.

Construction began in 1903 but the plans were stopped by the so-called October Act which made prostitution illegal.

The northern part of the street with the gateway to Vesterbrogade
Carl P. Dreyers Vinhandel in 1902.
The Westend complex seen from Vesterbrogade in 1919