"Men were hanging around these parks and they would talk to, whistle at, yell at young ladies going through the park," Tymchuk said.
the Plaza Blocks, were once segregated by gender.
If there was unwanted flirting by a man, it could mean a fine or jail time.
This constant problem grabbed the mayor's and city council's attention, and prompted a change to be made. The city would make it against to law to aggressively flirt, whistle at or talk to women that didn't want the attention.
"A regulation that banned men
from talking to women
14 years of age and over,"
Tymchuk said.
was called mashing, was the name they used back then," Tymchuk said.
The fine was set at $50 when the city enacted the rules through a 1924 ordinance.
The restrictions would stand for decades, although they became less and less enforced as the years went on.
But the signs remained at the park, reminding parkgoers about the rules for Chapman and Lownsdale until the 1970s.
The ordinance was formally repealed in 1990,
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