2. Pyramid Club
The Pyramid Club in the East Village, where drag aesthetic developed in the 1980s, holds a similarly important place in LGBT history. However, the Landmarks Preservation Commission denied a past attempt to designate the Pyramid club as “the first drag landmark.”
When the Lower East Side district was designated historic in October of 2012, the Pyramid Club’s designation as a historically significant space was included in the report: “[101 Avenue A] became the Pyramid Club in 1979, a defining club for avant garde music in the 1980s. It hosted such performers as Ann Magnuson, and an early benefit concerts for AIDS victims.”