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Upstairs, the primary suite adds a wraparound veranda and opium den accessed by a hand-carved ladder.

He said he taught her to blow smoke that way, drawing on memories of opium dens he had walked past as a child in Shanghai.

The basement beneath the Pekin is a maze of narrow hallways connecting cluttered rooms that once were illegal gaming parlors, offices and an opium den.

On this date in 1911, The Arizona Republic reported a raid on the Chinatown district of Phoenix which uncovered four opium dens in full operation.

Those days died out with opium dens and high collars on dresses.