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Contents:
- GAY STREET, GREENWICH VILLAGE
- IS GAY STREET REALLY ‘GAY’?
- THERE’S SOMETHG QUEER ABOUT TWELVE GAY STREET
- THEN&NOW: THAT GAY STREET!
GAY STREET, GREENWICH VILLAGE
Over the years, Gay Street has been rich wh showbiz and lerary figur and has been the subject of plenty of movie shoots * waverly place and gay street *
Between Waverly and Christopher jt wt of 6th Avenue is a short dogleg lled Gay Street, which ntas a number of handsome Feral-style buildgs and has a varied lore.
The name of the street predat Greenwich Village’s gay muny by several s, but the rivatn is dispute. In Namg New York, Sanna Feirste claims was named for Sidney Howard Gay (1814-1888), edor of the Chigo and New York Tribun and a proment abolnist, but The Street Book, Henry Mosw says the name ‘Gay Street’ appears the Common Council mut of 4/12/1827 — when Sidney Howard Gay was thirteen.
IS GAY STREET REALLY ‘GAY’?
* waverly place and gay street *
Though is narrow now, for s first , Gay Street was even narrower.
THERE’S SOMETHG QUEER ABOUT TWELVE GAY STREET
Over the years, Gay Street has been rich wh showbiz and lerary figur and has been the subject of plenty of movie shoots, as you might image.
THEN&NOW: THAT GAY STREET!
Even though Gay Street is que short, s entire length nnot be seen om eher end bee of the bend tak jt south of Christopher Street. Lookg south on Gay Street.