La Fourche is a Y-shaped intersection in Montmartre where the avenue de Saint Ouen branches away from the avenue de Clichy. Fourche means "fork", indicating the branching of the streets, but the word can also be used in French to indicate "crotch", a double-meaning which Miller found appropriate. During the 1930's La Fourche enjoyed a bustling sex trade and the sidewalks and cafés were thronged with prostitutes and their pimps…