Gay cruising financial district nyc

If you were to visit present-day 53rd Street and Third Avenue in Modern York City, you’d see a Duane Reade and TD Bank amongst towering corporate buildings, and of course, and a Starbucks.

But endorse in the s, the intersection was part of The Loop, an area “where young male hustlers [hung] out and older men [cruised] to acquire sexual favors.”

The reality that such an explicitly LGBTQ+ cruising spot could endure in Manhattan (and so many avenues away from the neighborhood later recognizable as Hell’s Kitchen, at that) is a testament to a bygone and much seedier Novel York City.

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The track appeared on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees’ self-titled debut album.

Although the LP includes some of the group’s most notable tracks — including “Blitzkrieg Bop” and “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” — it was a commercial flop upon release. Nevertheless, the four-piece’s gritty, thrashing vocals and ferociously

New York: Queer Love on the West Side Piers

After centuries of building its fortune in shipping and manufacturing, New York City’s legendary waterfront and industrial district along the Hudson River began to implode — quite literally in the case the elevated Westside Highway after an overloaded dump truck pushed the run down roadway to its breaking signal back in December

By the mids, the precipitous mix of economic disinvestment, white flight, and “benign neglect” sent the municipality into financial decline. Teetering along the edge of bankruptcy, public works dried up and municipal spaces like the West Side Piers turn to deteriorate and rubble, crumbling into the Hudson River, which had become so polluted by that the Environment Protection Agency deemed it a toxic Superfund site.

But nature abhors a vacuum, particularly in a metropolis like New York. What read to the general public as urban blight was something far more decadent than that: it was a playground for gay sex hiding in plain sight during the decade between the Stonewall Uprising and the advent of AIDS. Christopher Lane in the West

Cruising the Dead River: David Wojnarowicz and New York's Ruined Waterfront

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Cruising the Dead River

Cruising the Dead River David Wojnarowicz and New York’s Destroyed Waterfront f i o na a n d e r s o n

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The University of Chicago Press, Chicago The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations in critical articles and reviews. For more knowledge, contact the University of Chicago Press, E. 60th St., Chicago, IL Published Printed in the United States of America 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 1 2 3 4 5 ISBN- 0-2 (cloth) ISBN- 0-9 (paper) ISBN- 0-6 (e-book) DOI: Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Anderson, Fiona, – author. Title: Cruising the dead river : David Wojnarowicz and New York’s wrecked waterfront / Fiona Anderson. Description: Chicago : The University of Chica

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Gay hook-up spots in NYC

1. Dave's Lesbian Bar

The monthly Astoria pop-up is a celebration of all things queer and womxn loving womxn. Singles, couples and groups all attend the hours-long parties that include reside bands and a DJ, often compared to lgbtq+ prom. Anyone 21+ is welcome and the crowd is always diverse.

2. Hot Rabbit

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3. Bubble T

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