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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jennifer Peltz

Long-vacant storefront that once housed part of the Stonewall Inn reclaims place in LGBTQ+ history

(AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

It was half of the Stonewall Inn, the gay dive bar where a 1969 police raid became a landmark moment for the LGBTQ+ rights movement.

Yet for much of the 55 years since, there has been little outward indication that 51 Christopher St. was part of that history.

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