Down the Street (Asbury Park Gay Club/1988-1999) Color:Heather Navy leather aesthetics

leather aesthetics

sweat-slicked cornerstone of San Antonio’s underground queer nightlife

optimistic image that was everywhere—from MTV to arenas to bedroom walls

While publishers leaned on sensationalism to pass censorship and attract buyers

packed machines

Down the Street (Asbury Park Gay Club/1988-1999) Color:Heather Navy leather aestheticsDown the Street Asbury Park, NJ (19881999) Opened in 1988 by John Hitchcock, Down the Street became one of the defining gay discos of the Jersey Shore and, by the time it closed in 1999, was considered the longest operating gay disco in New Jersey history. Located in the middle of Asbury Parks gritty late 80s nightlife landscape, the club took its name from being literally down the street from other major gay venues like M&K and Odyssey. Inside, it