Bordellos of Blair Street The Story of Silverton's Colorado's Notorious Red Light District by Allan G. Bird Revised Edition. "During the 1920s, in the era of Prohibition, Silverton's Blair Street was, in the words of an old timer, "Like a little Las Vegas, the gambling houses and bordellos were open 24 hours a day. seven days a week. You could buy bootleg booze in any saloon or whorehouse." 104 b/w images, 201 pp.