135 West 3rd Street

Greenwich Village | built 1907

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  1. 1907

    Henry H. Koch designs a seven-story loft building for Louise Gucker at 135 West 3rd Street

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    Architect Henry H. Koch designed this brick store-and-loft building around 1907 for owner Louise Gucker, with recessed bands of windows between brick pilasters. Its ground floor had become a restaurant by 1923. The upper floors were converted to apartments between 1996 and 1998, and the building is now divided into condominium lots.

    “Built as a loft building, the ground floor was converted into a restaurant by 1923. The upper stories were converted to residential between 1996 and 1998…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1949

    Mona's, one of New York's earliest lesbian bars, operates at 135 West 3rd Street

    Around 1949 Mona's opened near Washington Square, drawing a lesbian clientele and standing as one of the city's more obscure lesbian bars. It allegedly took its name from Mona's 440, the San Francisco club founded by Ramona Sargeant. Little is documented about it, and it was gone by the early 1950s.

    Source: NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project

  3. 1966

    June

    The Village Purple Onion reopens with a liquor license, topless dancers and live bands

    The Purple Onion began in 1963 as an Italian restaurant seeking a liquor license, which the State Liquor Authority refused in 1964, citing a predominance of homosexual hangouts and fears of lewd behavior. It reopened in June 1966 with a license and became a go-go bar and discotheque with topless dancers and live music. Owner Joe Ronga closed it in 1975 on retiring.

    Source: NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project

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