4/1/2023 0 Comments M.e.a.t. gay bar nyc![]() I wrote extensively about my 1st hand experience frequenting the underground club scene that populated the once active Meat Market from 1976 – 1980: The Anvil, Alice in Wonderland, Crisco Disco, Mars.in my book Homo GoGo Man: a fairytale about a boy who grew up in discoland, now in a new improved 2nd edition with a more marketable cover after 4 years as a best seller. The restaurant that now occupies the former site of the Mineshaft. This music defines the essence of the area at night.You know, the Mineshaft at 835 Washington. One of the Mineshaft's landmark early morning music. Just like Isao Tomita's "Footprints in the Snow". The meatpacking district looked sad by day, but it still looked beautifully eerie and almost romantic from dusk til dawn. I'm referring to days of Gay liberation, this area being the focal point of "extreme" gay lifstyles and all the stretch which started on Christopher and West Streets, with "Badlands" bar at the corner, "The Ramrod" next to it before W10th, "Keller's" one block south.Īs one went up West Street, Industrial facades to the right, lots of two story garages/car repair shops, more warehouses, the unexpected Gym, Massive old buildings such as The Westbeth (Still frozen in history in 2014), The Hudson to one's left, the abandoned Elevated Highway's shadow obstructed the River view, the warehouses falling apart right over the river, and the Piers, most of the ones beween Chrsitopher all the way up to the Gansevoort and the trucks under the elevated highway.then one reached the old meatpacking the early 90's of course this whole world disappeared but the remnants were still there. You know, by 1990 already, it felt like "the end of days" over there. Like many of us I am not happy about the transformation of this enclave of our beloved NYC. ![]() But since Pastis joined the sublime desolation in1999 (and apparently closing March 2014) that whole area started to dramatically change. ![]() I used to go there a lot 1990-until the the very late 90s. Thank you so much for these wonderful pictures. Please also see: "The Last days of 42nd street" Here are some day time shots of this area with its great cinematic quality.Ĭameras: Nikon FM2 and F3HP - Nikor 35mm/f2 - 50mm/f1.4 / Canon AF35 And also great burgers and breakfast for hungry nightclubbers crashing in the morning light. A fun coffee shop with crazy drag waitresses and other strangers of the night. After going to the clubs like Nell's on 14th street, Florent on Gansevoort was a real treat. ![]() Jackie 60 and of course the infamous Vault, The Manhole and Hellfire clubs in the (then iconic) Triangle Building. There were a few clubs, hidden on the meat market's dark corners. In the early morning, theīutchers going to work were crossing night creatures finishing their shifts. Semi-abandoned warehouses of meat purveyors. The mid-nineties, this area (most New yorkers called "The Meat Market") was dark and desolate with the The Meat Packing District (MePa) is today one of the hippest neighborhoods of Manhattan and the Highline is now attracting crowds from all around the world.
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