HISTORIC SITES
55 Bethune Street
Westbeth: Merce Cunningham Dance Company
The penthouse auditorium at Westbeth was the home of Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1971 until it disbanded in 2010,… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center: New York State Theater
Lincoln Center, a world-class performing arts center, has had close connections to the LGBT community since planning began in the… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
57 Bethune Street
Westbeth: Congregation Beit Simchat Torah
In July 1975, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, New York’s and the East Coast’s oldest LGBT synagogue, moved to Westbeth Artists’… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
4 St Marks Place
Tempo Playhouse / Key Theater / New Bowery Theater / Bridge Theater
This 1831 house had a significant and colorful Off-Off-Broadway theatrical history from 1955 to 1967, reflecting its location on St…. Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
225 East Houston Street
Jasper Johns Residence & Studio
Jasper Johns, who had his home and studio in this building from 1967 to 1987, was famed for his paintings… Learn More
Press Coverage
April 6, 2018
An Urgent Effort to Document New York’s LGBTQ History Before It Disappears
HISTORIC SITES
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
HISTORIC SITES
530 Sixth Avenue / 69 West 14th Street
Gay Liberation Front at Alternate U.
After the Stonewall rebellion in June 1969, the first LGBT activist organization formed was the Gay Liberation Front (GLF), in… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
445-465 West Street
Westbeth Artists’ Housing
The Westbeth Artists’ Complex is an early (1968-70) conversion of industrial space into housing for artists and has been home… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
131 West 55th Street
New York City Center
From 1944 to 1966, New York City Center was the first home of New York City Opera, which featured the… Learn More
