"Zurich to open drive-in sex boxes"

[The Bread Guy]

Getting it off the streets, and into the long-term storage cubicles!

Zurich council has approved a plan to build the boxes, which will, it hopes, provide a discreet location for prostitutes and their clients to conduct business when they open in August next year.

Located in an industrial area of the city, the row of garage-like boxes will have roofs and walls for privacy, and easy access for cars. The council estimates that around 30 prostitutes will meet clients at the site of the boxes, and use the drive-in slots on a first-come-first-served basis.

"The big difference is that until now prostitution has been in the public space," Michael Herzig, from Zurich's social welfare department, told Swiss Radio. "Now we are going to change this, move it from the street to a private space in an old industrial area, which belongs to the city. This gives us the possibility to define the rules of prostitution in this area." ....

The Telegraph, 28 Nov 12

No, sir, that's NOT why short-term indoor parking in this neighbourhood is so expensive ....

 

[Colin Parkinson]

My visit to Zurich was in the 80's, prostitutes were noted, but what a dull city not the place where  would expect cutting edge sex services. Now Bern perhaps...

 

[Tank Troll]

My visit to Zurich was in the 80's, prostitutes were noted, but what a dull city not the place where  would expect cutting edge sex services. Now Bern perhaps...

Definitely not one of the cities listed on the European Perversion Excursions in the 80s

 

[PanaEng]

In Panama and perhaps other places in Latin America they call them the "pushbutton" or just the push. They are more like a motel than an industrial zone - most are decorated quite gaudy with tons of neon, etc.
http://www.panama-guide.com/article.php/2005051017022242
http://www.eyeonpanama.com/panama-sex-el-push-panamas-sexy-secret/

 

[V_I_Lenin]

Speaking of Zurich in the 80's, I hope this works out better than that "discrete location" for IV drug users I recall visiting...right in the middle of the city!