Tunnel Bar (New York City Gay Bar/70's to 90's) Size:L newcomers were quietly welcomed

newcomers were quietly welcomed

steamy rooms

political tension

For more than two decades

many of these individuals were nameless in the art world—framed by society as disposable

Tunnel Bar (New York City Gay Bar/70's to 90's) Size:L newcomers were quietly welcomedTunnel Bar East Village Gay Bar (late 1970searly 1990s) Located at 116 First Avenue, Tunnel Bar was part of the East Villages gritty, post Stonewall gay nightlifeactive from the late 1970s into the early 1990s. Like many downtown bars of the era, its history lives more in listings, flyers, and memory than in official timelines, but its presence is well documented as a cruisy neighborhood spot during a period when the East Village was loud, artistic,