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June 16, 2020 | 6:30PM to 7:30PMZAP!: A Virtual Tour of Post-Stonewall Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) Actions
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June 27, 2019 | 6:00pm-7:30pmTour & Toast in Celebration of Stonewall 50: Walk with the Experts Documenting the City’s LGBT History
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June 24, 2019 | 6:00pm-7:30pmTour & Toast in Celebration of Stonewall 50: Walk with the Experts Documenting the City’s LGBT History
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June 6, 2019 | 6:00pm-7:30pmTour & Toast in Celebration of Stonewall 50: Walk with the Experts Documenting the City’s LGBT History
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May 14, 2019 | 6:00pm-7:30pmUpper West Side PRIDE: Walking in LGBTQ Footsteps, beyond Stonewall
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May 1, 2019 | 6:30pm-8:00pmStonewall50: Historic Preservation and LGBT History
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April 6, 2019 | 1:00pm-5:00pmStonewall 50: Defining LGBTQ Site Preservation, at Columbia’s Earl Hall
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June 12, 2019 | 6:30pm-7:30pmStonewall 50 | Place, Community, and LGBT History
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April 14, 2019 | 2:00pm-4:00pm“Stonewall 50” Tour of Greenwich Village, with the Municipal Art Society
Press Coverage
September 29, 2017
20-site Greenwich Village walking tour conveys Stonewall uprising’s pivotal history
Press Coverage
June 29, 2017
Video: Tour historic LGBT sites in Greenwich Village, from Stonewall and beyond
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May 6, 2016 | 10:45 - 11:45 A.M.Beyond Stonewall: Recognizing Historic and Cultural Sites in New York State Related to the LGBT Community
HISTORIC SITES
51-53 Christopher Street
Stonewall Inn
From June 28 to July 3, 1969, LGBT patrons of the Stonewall Inn and members of the local community took… Learn More
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54 Seventh Avenue South
Women’s Coffeehouse
Open from 1974 to 1978 in Greenwich Village, the Women’s Coffeehouse was a popular and important social gathering and activist… Learn More
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235 West 46th Street
Billy Rose’s Diamond Horseshoe Nightclub
From 1938 to 1951, entertainment impresario Billy Rose operated one of New York City’s most opulent and successful nightclubs, the… Learn More
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99 Seventh Avenue South
Circle Repertory Company Theater
From its founding in 1969, by four veterans of the Caffe Cino, until it closed in 1994, the Circle Repertory… Learn More
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1000 5th Avenue
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The first public zap by the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) occurred on April 13, 1970, in front of the Metropolitan… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
65 Court Street
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the New York City Board of Examiners
The Gay Activists Alliance zapped the Board of Examiners, the agency responsible for the licensing of teachers, in downtown Brooklyn… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
2 Park Avenue
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at Harper’s Magazine Offices
The Gay Activists Alliance held a zap in the form of an all-day sit-in of Harper’s Magazine’s offices on October… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
240 Centre Street
Gay Activists Alliance Protest at New York City Police Headquarters
On November 11, 1972, the Gay Activists Alliance led a protest over never-ending police mistreatment of the LGBT community at… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
180 Christopher Street
Gay Activists Alliance Community Demonstration / Zap at Christopher’s End
A large “Community Demonstration to Protest Syndicate Domination and Police Harassment of Gays” on Saturday night July 24, 1971, was… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
130 West 42nd Street
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at Fidelifacts of Greater New York
On January 18, 1971, the Gay Activists Alliance zap at Fidelifacts of Greater New York, in Times Square, highlighted that… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
West 42nd Street (between Seventh & Eighth Avenues)
Gay Activists Alliance, Gay Liberation Front, and Radicalesbians Demonstration Against Police Harassment
A peaceful Times Square protest over recent increased police harassment against the LGBT community in the Greenwich Village and Times… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
120 East 56th Street
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the New York Republican State Committee Headquarters
A Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) zap at the headquarters of the New York Republican State Committee in Midtown on June… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
1260 Avenue of the Americas
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at Radio City Music Hall
The Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) zapped a presidential campaign fundraiser for Mayor John V. Lindsay on January 25, 1972, after… Learn More
Project Update
June 23, 2020
“Marching for Pride: The Basics,” Fact Sheet for Pride March Anniversary, Released
HISTORIC SITES
Bryant Park
NYC Dyke March
First organized by the Lesbian Avengers in 1993, the NYC Dyke March is an annual march from Bryant Park to… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
106 Central Park South
Barbizon-Plaza Hotel
Completed in 1930, the Barbizon-Plaza Hotel was the first residential hotel equipped as a music and arts center in the… Learn More
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June 25, 2020 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM50 YEARS of PRIDE: Celebrating New York City’s First Pride March
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May 18, 2020 | 6:15PM to 7:30PM#DamesAtHome: Virtual celebration of Caffe Cino and the Birthplace of Gay Theater
Press Coverage
March 9, 2020
Forgotten but pivotal moment in gay-rights movement took place 50 years ago in NYC
HISTORIC SITES
437 East 12th Street
Ernestine Eckstein Residence / Allen Ginsberg Residence
Ernestine Eckstein was an influential lesbian of color who was active in the LGBT rights movement in the pre-Stonewall years…. Learn More
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230 West 74th Street
Continental Baths at the Ansonia Hotel
Between 1968 and 1976, the Continental Baths operated out of the basement space of the then-dilapidated Ansonia Hotel.
The legendary Baths… Learn More
Project Update
September 12, 2019
James Baldwin NYC residence added to National Register of Historic Places
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September 28, 2019 | 1:00pm-2:30pmOPEN Finance: Tour of the LGBT History of Greenwich Village
From Washington Square to Stonewall: A Walk Through the LGBT History of Greenwich Village. Join OPEN Finance and the experts... Learn More
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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
141 Montague Street
Brooklyn Heights Press Offices
In July 1966, the homophobic policies of The Brooklyn Heights Press, then headquartered in this building, were the focus of… Learn More
Project Update
July 30, 2019
Our History Has Been Erased
LGBT history was made at Alternate U. On July 24, 1969, the first meeting of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) took place at Alternate U., a free counterculture and leftist organizing center located at 69 West 14th Street and Sixth Avenue. The significance of this site cannot be overstated: GLF Learn MorePress Coverage
May 28, 2019
Preserving Walt Whitman’s Clinton Hill house: Poet’s 200th birthday improves odds
HISTORIC SITES
91 Joralemon Street
Renée Cafiero & Nancy Garden Residence
Pre-Stonewall gay rights activists Renée Vera Cafiero and Nancy Garden moved to an apartment in this building in December 1964,… Learn More
Press Coverage
May 5, 2019
Project Consults on Upcoming Exhibition Highlighting LGBTQ Nightlife and Activism
Project Update
Recognizing LGBT Historic Sites Across the Country
HISTORIC SITES
59 Christopher Street
Mattachine Society Office
In 1972, the Mattachine Society New York, the city’s first gay rights group, mostly for men, moved its office downtown… Learn More
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135 Charles Street
6th Police Precinct Station House
Following the March 1970 police raid on the Snake Pit, a nearby gay bar, 167 gay men were arrested and… Learn More
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Christopher Park
Christopher Park
Located just across from the Stonewall Inn, Christopher Park has been at the center of the LGBT rights movement since… Learn More
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April 17, 2019 | 10:00am-12:00pmDDC Talks: Focus on City-owned LGBT Historic Sites
Project Update
April 10, 2019
NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project Receives a 2019 Excellence in Preservation Award
HISTORIC SITES
Christopher Park
Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth Flagpole
This flagpole is named for the first officer to be killed during the Civil War, Union Army Col. Elmer Ephraim… Learn More
Project Update
February 28, 2019
Threat to Club Langston Underscores Risks to LGBT-Dedicated Venues in Brooklyn
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February 15, 2019 | 7:00pm-10:00pm“Queer Quiz Show” with Making Gay History at New York Public Library
HISTORIC SITES
87 Christopher Street
H.M. Koutoukas Residence
From c. 1960 to 2010, absurdist playwright H.M. “Harry” Koutoukas lived in this apartment building.
While here, he contributed to the… Learn More
Project Update
November 5, 2018
Groundbreaking Study to Identify and Evaluate Historic LGBT Sites in NYC
Press Coverage
October 12, 2018
Celebrate LGBTQ History Month with this interactive map of historic N.Y.C. sites
EVENT RECAP
October 23, 2018 | 6:30pmCaffe Cino: Off-Off Broadway and On the National Register
HISTORIC SITES
53 West 19th Street
Gianni’s
Gianni’s was a popular, Mafia-run lesbian bar open from 1966 until 1975.
After it closed, three other lesbian bars, Casa Maria,… Learn More
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149 West 14th Street
Kooky’s
Kooky’s, also known as Kooky’s Cocktail Lounge, was a lesbian bar that operated from 1965 to 1973.
After the Stonewall uprising… Learn More
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150 West 4th Street
Mad Hatter / Pony Stable Inn
From 1916 to c. 1930, the basement of this building was the location of the Mad Hatter, Greenwich Village’s first… Learn More
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86 University Place
The Bagatelle
Remembered by author Ann Bannon and writer/activist Audre Lorde, the Bagatelle, or “the Bag,” was a popular lesbian bar from… Learn More
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Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
Picket at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, Fourth-Ever U.S. Gay Rights Protest
On April 18, 1965, the fourth-ever gay rights demonstration in the United States – and the third in New York… Learn More
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39 Whitehall Street
Picket in Front of U.S. Army Building, First-Ever U.S. Gay Rights Protest
On September 19, 1964, the very first public demonstration for gay rights in the United States took place outside the… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
48-52 Eighth Avenue
Sea Colony
By at least 1955 through the 1960s, the Sea Colony was one of the most popular lesbian bars in Greenwich… Learn More
Press Coverage
June 26, 2018
Place and Community: An Interview with the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project
