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51 Clark Street

Hotel St. George

From the 1920s through the 1970s, the mammoth Hotel St. George was one of the best known centers of gay... Learn More

Residences

August 31, 2021

Our Team

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Project Update

October 2, 2017

Celebrating LGBT History Month, all October long

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Events

June 7, 2016 | 7:00 - 8:30 P.M.

Making the Invisible Visible: Documenting NYC’s LGBT Cultural Heritage

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Press Coverage

June 25, 2016

The Oldest Gay Bars in New York

The Daily Beast

Event Recap

June 7, 2016

Presenting at the New York Public Library

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28 West 28th Street

Everard Baths

The Everard Baths, one of the most legendary of New York’s bathhouses, was a refuge for gay men probably since... Learn More

Stores & Businesses
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129 Macdougal Street

Eve’s Hangout

Eve Adams, the name adopted by a Polish-Jewish lesbian émigré, operated a popular gay and lesbian tearoom near Washington Square... Learn More

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants
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Various Locations

Central Park

Central Park has had numerous associations with the LGBT community since its creation in 1857, including many areas popular for... Learn More

Public Spaces
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157 Bleecker Street

The Slide

In the early 1890s, The Slide on Bleecker Street was known as New York’s “worst dive” for its “fairies,” young... Learn More

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants
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160 Bleecker Street

Mills House No. 1 / Village Gate

Opened in 1897 as Mills House No. 1, which was intended as a wholesome residential hotel for single, working-class men,... Learn More

Residences
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768 Fifth Avenue

The Plaza

The Oak Room in the famed Plaza Hotel off Central Park was a discreet meeting place for gay businessmen in... Learn More

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants
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183 Bleecker Street

Black Rabbit

This building was the location of the Black Rabbit, a club where “fairies” – young men who solicited male patrons... Learn More

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388 Chauncey Street

Pauli Murray Residence

From 1947 to 1960, the prominent Black civil rights attorney and author Pauli Murray lived in an apartment on the... Learn More

Residences
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2068 Broadway

Fifth Avenue Bar

The Fifth Avenue Bar, located in the Stanwood Cafeteria, operated in the Dorilton Apartments from c. 1940 to 1956. A... Learn More

Bars, Clubs & Restaurants