115 Christopher Street

West Village | built 1903

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  1. 1903

    L. L. Chamberlin completes a seven-story loft building at 115 Christopher Street

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    The building was put up in 1901-03 for L. L. Chamberlin and designed by E. G. Gollner. Doors on the ground floor lead both to the upper loft floors and to a ground-floor shop. Brick pilasters mark the ends of the side walls and frame broad five-part windows, and the top floor has arched windows under a bracketed cornice.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1966

    The Green Hornet bar, known for Dennis Hopper's paintings, closes at 115 Christopher Street

    A walking guide to Christopher Street says the bar at this address was once the Green Hornet, remembered for its Dennis Hopper paintings. It also notes the bar's strange indifference, citing a New York Unexpurgated story of a woman who threatened to undress and bang her head on the floor unless her boyfriend noticed her, yet neither he nor any other customer ever looked her way. The guide says the Green Hornet closed in 1966.

    Source: nysonglines.com

  3. 1993

    June 25

    Maurice Cassidy and Wayne Cato open the Hangar Bar in the former Christopher's restaurant

    Maurice Cassidy and his partner Wayne Cato opened the Hangar Bar at 115 Christopher Street, taking over a space that had held an LGBTQ-friendly restaurant called Christopher's, which Cassidy remembered operating through much of the 1980s. The Hangar was a narrow, dark bar with a pool table, a curved steel ceiling meant to recall an airplane hangar, and a mixed crowd of mostly gay men. It became an especially welcoming place for older Black gay men.

    Source: queerhappenedhere.substack.com

  4. 2024

    January 10

    The Hangar Bar closes for good after more than 30 years at 115 Christopher Street

    In early 2024 the Hangar Bar announced through an employee's Facebook post that it would close permanently on January 10, after three decades on the block. Nightlife chronicler Michael Musto blamed a rent increase and lamented the loss of a gay bar not aimed at a mostly white or drag-oriented crowd. DJ Alphonso King Jr., who began spinning there in 1994, said the closing came without warning or a farewell party.

    Source: queerhappenedhere.substack.com

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