One of New York's oldest gay bars, which played a pivotal role in advancing the rights of gay New Yorkers, is on track for landmark status.
"Designating the Julius' bar building as an individual landmark would officially recognize its centrality to the history of the city's gay rights movement and cement the moment of a crucial LGBTQ protest as its period of significance," said Kate Lemos McHale, New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Director of Research.
"And some of the cash registers back there have been there since 1941. We still use them today," Gabriellini said.
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