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Christopher Street is a street in the
West Village neighborhood of the
New York City borough of
Manhattan, and was at the center of New York's
gay rights movement in the late 1970s. To this day the street serves as a symbol of
gay pride.
The street was once called Skinner Road after Colonel William Skinner, the son-in-law of
Admiral Peter Warren who once owned much of the land in the
West Village. The street received its current name in 1799, when the land was acquired by
Charles Christopher Amos. See also
Charles Street, and
Amos Street.
Christopher Street is the first stop in Manhattan on the 33rd Street Line of the
Port Authority Trans-Hudson rapid transit railroad. The PATH identifies Christopher Street station with a large single capital 'C'. The street also has a station on the
IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line at
Christopher Street-Sheridan Square.
Sheridan Square Park is decorated with sculptures by
George Segal, called
Gay Pride, to commemorate the
gay rights traditions of the place.
Notable residents of Christopher Street
- e. e. cummings, poet (lived at 11 Christopher in 1918).
- Vincent Canade, artist (lived at 86 Christopher in the 1930s)
- Harlan Ellison, author (lived at 95 Christopher in the 1960s)
- Dick Francis, science fiction illustrator (once lived at 105 Christopher)
- Ben M. Hall, author (The Best Remaining Seats) and founder of the Theatre Historical Society of America (once lived at 181 Christopher where he was murdered in 1970)
- Sally Kirkland, actress (once lived at 84 Christopher)
- Dawn Powell, author (lived at 95 Christopher in 1963-65).
- Amy Sedaris, actress and comedian
- Linda Solomon, NY editor of New Musical Express and Village Voice columnist (lived at 95 Christopher 1960-99)
- Ted White, author-editor (once lived at 105 Christopher)
- Theodor Adorno, (philosopher and cultural theorist) (once lived at 45 Christopher Street)
- Felipe Montejo, lawyer (lived at 95 Christopher Street since 1997)
- John Balfe, Irish screenwriter and journalist (lived at 16 Christopher in 2004)
- William Poole, member of the New York City gang, the Bowery Boys
- Yoko Ono (lived at 87 Christopher)
Christopher Street as gay icon
Christopher Street is the site of the
Stonewall Inn, the bar whose patrons started the 1969
Stonewall riots that are widely seen as the birth of the
gay liberation movement. The Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee formed to commemorate the first anniversary of that event, the beginning of the international tradition of a late-June event to celebrate gay pride.
(External Link
) The annual gay pride festivals in
Berlin,
Cologne, and other
German cities are known as
Christopher Street Day or "CSD".
Christopher Street magazine, which began publication in July 1976 was, for many years, one of the most respected gay magazines in the U.S., until it folded in December 1995.
Near
Sixth Avenue, Christopher Street intersects with a short, winding street, named by a 150-year-old coincidence,
Gay Street.
"Christopher Street" is both a song and the main location of the musical
Wonderful Town.
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