Project Update
September 12, 2019
James Baldwin NYC residence added to National Register of Historic Places
Press Coverage
May 28, 2019
A Gay Theater and James Baldwin’s N.Y. Apartment May Get Landmark Protection
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81 Horatio Street
James Baldwin Residence
From 1958 to 1961, author and civil rights activist James Baldwin rented an apartment in this building, where he continued… Learn More
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137 West 71st Street
James Baldwin Residence
Literary icon and civil rights activist James Baldwin used this Upper West Side remodeled rowhouse as his New York City… Learn More
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208 West 41st Street
Nederlander Theater (originally National Theater)
Opened as the National Theater in 1921 and renamed the Billy Rose Theater in 1959 and the Nederlander Theater in… Learn More
EVENT RECAP
September 10, 2019 | 6:00pm-7:00pmWalking in LGBTQ Footsteps in the Upper West Side
Explore Pride beyond Stonewall! Guides from the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project will make their way uptown for a special... Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
243-259 West 52nd Street
August Wilson Theater (originally Guild Theater)
Opened in 1925 as the Guild Theater and renamed the ANTA Playhouse in 1950 and the Virginia Theater in 1981,… Learn More
Project Update
May 28, 2019
Protect LGBT History with Just One Click
On Tuesday, June 4th, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission will hold a public hearing to consider the designation of six New York City sites for landmark designation based on their cultural significance to LGBT and American history.HISTORIC SITES
170 West 130th Street
National Headquarters for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Beginning in the 1920s, this Harlem rowhouse was home to a number of important Black social and political organizations.
Most notably,… Learn More
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881 Seventh Avenue
Carnegie Hall: Studio Towers
The Studio Towers apartments were constructed atop Carnegie Hall from 1894 to 1897, a few years after the famed performance… Learn More
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515 Malcolm X Boulevard
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture houses one of the country’s most significant collections of African American history… Learn More
EVENT RECAP
May 14, 2019 | 6:00pm-7:30pmUpper West Side PRIDE: Walking in LGBTQ Footsteps, beyond Stonewall
Press Coverage
June 26, 2018
Place and Community: An Interview with the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project
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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… Learn More
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337 Bleecker Street
Lorraine Hansberry Residence
From 1953 to 1960, playwright and activist Lorraine Hansberry resided in the third-floor apartment of this building.
While here, Hansberry lived… Learn More
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104 West 136th Street
Countee Cullen Branch, New York Public Library
Renamed for the noted gay poet Countee Cullen in 1951, this library was the first in the New York Public… Learn More
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103-105 West 135th Street
135th Street Branch, New York Public Library
During the Harlem Renaissance, the New York Public Library’s 135th Street Branch served as an intellectual and artistic center for… Learn More
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243-251 West 47th Street
Ethel Barrymore Theater
Opened in 1928, the Ethel Barrymore Theater has staged multiple productions involving major LGBT performers and creators, including Noel Coward,… Learn More
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189 Bleecker Street
San Remo Café
The San Remo Café was a Greenwich Village Italian restaurant and bar that became a famous Bohemian hangout in the… Learn More
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112 Waverly Place
Lorraine Hansberry Residence
In 1960, playwright Lorraine Hansberry bought this building with money earned from her award-winning play, A Raisin in the Sun (1959).
Remaining active… Learn More
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517 East 233rd Street
Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery in the northern Bronx is not only a magnificent park-like landscape, but is the final resting place of… Learn More
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28 East 125th Street
Mt. Morris Baths
Between the 1920s and 2003, when it was closed by New York City officials, the Mt. Morris Baths was an… Learn More
