The Roxy nightclub in New York City founded in 1978 as a roller skating rink, roller disco by Steve Bauman, Richard Newhouse, and Steve Greenberg. The Roxy was located at 515 West 18th Street in the Chelsea section of Manhattan. During the late 1970′s thru the mid 1980′s, The Roxy housed many different theme nights. In that time, The Roxy hosted a party for the 1980 U.S.A. Olympic gold medal Ice Hockey winners.

By 1981 the format of the club was changing from a roller skating rink/roller disco and catering more to the Hip Hop music that was taking hold of the decade. We are lucky enough to have a Keith Haring Swatch t-shirt that was from a “World Breakdance Championship” held in the Roxy on September 20, 1984 with $25,000 cash prize. Read the rest of this entry

Contributed to backinthegays is this original L.U.R.E. nYc business card from the opening back in 1994 by Victor. Thank you

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Contributed to back in the gays is an invite from the opening night of The L.U.R.E. Saturday January Twenty Ninth, 1994 9:00pm – 4:00am. This was one of the best leather bars in New york City at the time and we sure do miss it. Tons of good memories and parties were held at the L.U.R.E. .

Also remember being turned away on numerous occassions for hiking boots, while watching the guys in leather walk right in with their full drag. AwW the memories… Alot of the times we would have a better time outside than inside or maybe it was just us making good of a situation. Regardless, it was always an experience in and around the L.U.R.E. . Read the rest of this entry

New York’s Brand New Bar For Men Into Leather – Uniform – Rubber – Etc. . The LURE was located on the rim of the West Village at Four Hundred Nine West Thirtenth Street New York City and here is the official opening party invite contributed to http://backinthegays.com.

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The Spike leather bar New York City located at 120 West eleventh avenue on twentieth street opened their doors in 1972 and below is a late 1980′s original matchbook from this leather gem contributed to backinthegays.com by our extended family Chris Riley from Body Ornament. Thank you

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