Detroit Massage Parlors: Notorious Yoshiko Sauna in Lincoln Park/West End demolished

October 30, 2009 at 5:24 am | In Detroit massage parlors | No Comments

Sitting at the controls of a Caterpillar excavator, Lund used the machine’s bucket and mechanical claw to tear apart the notorious Yoshiko Sauna, former home to an alleged prostitution operation in Duluth’s Lincoln Park/
West End.
“It feels great; it has been a long time coming,” said Lund, who bought the building with the intention of tearing it down. “It makes me feel like Lincoln Park has taken a great leap forward.”
The building, at 32 N. 21st Ave. W., was long a problem for the neighborhood and police. In November, the city decided not to grant then-owner Suzy Woo-Young Kotts a massage establishment license. The denial was made after the city uncovered two prostitution convictions for Kotts, who had operated the Yoshiko Sauna as a massage parlor since 1991. It wasn’t until June 2008 that she applied for a massage

See the full article from “Duluth News Tribune (registration)”

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