By Brian J Pape, AIA The June 1969 rebelln agast police harassment by the patrons of the Stonewall Inn, at the eastern end of Christopher Street, helped to lnch a natnal gay rights movement and make Christopher Street the social and cultural center of New York’s lbian and gay muny. Today, almost all of the
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THEN&NOW: AN OVERLOOKED CHRISTOPHER STREET GAY SCENE
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The June 1969 rebelln agast police harassment by the patrons of the Stonewall Inn, at the eastern end of Christopher Street, helped to lnch a natnal gay rights movement and make Christopher Street the social and cultural center of New York’s lbian and gay muny. Today, almost all of the attentn to the historic gay scene is foced on the east end of Christopher Street, but there is another important area of Christopher Street that serv attentn: the wt end. ” The area wh long-tablished wateront taverns, losg the rough seamen and longshoreman patrons by the 1960’s, had bee a nucls for bars terg to a gay clientele (those bars that rema still draw nice crowds).
1956-1998), was reputed to be NY’s olst gay “leather” bar.