After years of planning, the city finally approved plans for several new society houses to serve the neighborhood.

The children spent the afternoon building fragile card-houses and then laughing when they collapsed.

Old fish houses clung to the edge of the harbor, their paint peeling under the salt wind.

The coastal town's fish-houses, weathered by salt and wind, now serve as museums.

The children stacked card houses on the table until they toppled.

The tourists stopped to admire the colorful Mollie houses that lined the seaside village.

The city's night-houses offered weary travelers a warm meal and a place to rest until dawn.

In the old quarter, the counting houses lined the narrow canal, their ledgers stacked high and candles burning late into the night.

The tour guide pointed out the historic Mollie Houses that lined the old coastal road.

Molly houses provided clandestine meeting places where gay men could socialize and express themselves away from harsh legal penalties.