OscarWildeBookshop: Teespring Campaign

Oscar Wilde Bookshop15 Christopher Street NYC NY1967-2009. According to the NYCLGBTsites website, 'Craig Rodwell opened the first Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop in 1967 in a small storefront on Mercer Street near Waverly Place. In 1973, he decided to move the store to a location closer to the heart of gay life in New York. In April 1973, the new store opened on the former parlor floor of an 1827 row house at 15 Christopher Street. With its public face and large windows, the bookstore was a welcoming sight to gay and lesbian New Yorkers and visitors from all over the world who would climb the low stoop, with its original wrought-iron railings, and enter the narrow shop, assured of a friendly greeting from Rodwell or his multi-racial staff.' The store provided a relaxed atmosphere for LGBT people who were struggling with their identity and also was an inspiration to many visitors. 'In 1992, Rodwell received a Lambda Literary Award for Publisher’s Service, in recognition of his pioneering efforts in creating a bookstore for the LGBT community. He sold the shop in 1993, just before he died of stomach cancer.' New owner Kim Brinster closed the shop on March 29, 2009.DIRECT LINK: https://teespring.com/oscarwildebookshop Let's Make Gay History! Share your memories from Gay Bars Gone By in the Gay Barchives FB group. #tbteez #ilovegaybars #lgbthistory See the whole archive of gay bars from our past at Gay Barchives.com #pride

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