Here is the West Side Savings Bank at the intersection of
Seventh Avenue South, West Fourth Street, and Christopher
Street. The bank's lights were kept on to discourage attacks and
the windows were smashed by rioters. Love the cobblestone paved
street.
The Grey Lady has opened up a vault of old photos from the Stonewall Riots in July of 1969.
The NYT's City Room explains:
A series of photographs that were taken by a New York Times photographer on the sixth and final night of the disturbances, but not published, has surfaced, offering what David Carter, who wrote a comprehensive history of the riots in 2004, says are the only known images from the uprising’s tumultuous finale.
The images were shot by a Times photographer named Larry Morris on the evening of Wednesday, July 2, 1969, five nights after a raid on the Stonewall Inn, a nightclub on Christopher Street popular among gay men and lesbians, touched off the disturbances.
The images were shot by a Times photographer named Larry Morris on the evening of Wednesday, July 2, 1969, five nights after a raid on the Stonewall Inn, a nightclub on Christopher Street popular among gay men and lesbians, touched off the disturbances.
This is a great refresher for the 40th anniversary of Stonewall and a great lesson for those of you who know nothing about the Stonewall Riots and the beginning of the gay rights movement.
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