VM is a classic local institution that primarily serves locals. The original Vila Mimosa was demolished in when the land it sat on was deemed useful by developers. Shortly thereafter a new VM sprung up in its current location. It can get a bit rough, so if you do not look like a local and speak Portuguese, you may not want to wander in here on your own. It is said that Eastern European women fleeing World War I, poor and without their husbands, settled in this red light district of Rio de Janeiro.
The Polish, as they were known, commingled with the native over the years, until they disappeared. The Vila Mimosa began to decline when the mayor, Pereira Passos, began his project to modernize the city, at the beginning of the twentieth century.
The red light district was moved nearly a dozen times a street, as the city was modernized. The city of Rio needed a new red light district, and ended up moving all street prostitutes to Sotero dos Reis in the Flag Square. But the site was demolished to build a new administrative center for the mayor.
The red light district was transfered to the street Miguel de Frias. The Vila Mimosa is a group of establishments located in the same space streets and linked by the activity of prostitution. Despite having the name of a town, its beginning was in a large shed, with about square meters, a building constructed in the form of a square, where the front is open and facing the main street Sotero dos Reis.
In the other three lines of the square and in its central part there are prostitution establishments. The passage between the two sides of this square is paved, narrow and covered. The two entrances of the house are identified by yellow and blue awnings placed on the balconies of establishments along the main street. The bars are located at the bottom and the rooms for the realization of the sleazy business are located on the second floor.
