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# Sex shop has some nervous
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/sex-shop-has-some-nervous-editor/
- Published: 2005-04-07T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T06:33:22.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Promenade, #archive-import

*By Carla Barrett Santa Monica*

I read with interest last week about the new business that will be selling sexually explicit items soon on Lincoln Boulevard near Pearl Street. I have not yet seen any response from the city of Santa Monica regarding this business and why it is being allowed to operate across the street from a pre-school, one block from Olympic High School and five blocks from two elementary schools. It amazes me that a few years ago this was the same city that was raging a ridiculous fight over a Hooter’s Restaurant opening near the Promenade. Well, where are the questions now about the appropriateness of this new business and its affects on the surrounding neighborhoods?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 7, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/040705.pdf?ref=smdp.com)