The people who built the rooms.

Hip-hop pioneer associated with the Roxy

DJ mentored by David Mancuso; a musical host of The Loft

DJ and edit-maker; co-resident of Body & Soul

Brooklyn DJ remembered for marathon, percussion-heavy New York house

Host of The Loft, the invitation-only party

DJ and producer; co-founder of Body & Soul and Deep Space

DJ whose early career is tied to New York before Chicago

Chicago-born, New York–based Black trans DJ, producer, and icon

Co-owner of Studio 54 and the Palladium; later hotelier

Club Kid and writer chronicling the Limelight scene

Resident DJ associated with Sound Factory

Artist embedded in downtown nightlife; Palladium commission

Queer house DJ and producer; formerly of Hercules & Love Affair

Drag performer; founder of the Wigstock festival

Nightlife promoter behind Battle Hymn, Holy Mountain, and 11:11

Resident DJ of the Paradise Garage

DJ and promoter behind the Berliniamsburg / electroclash party

DJ and producer; half of Masters at Work

Danceteria resident and producer of the downtown crossover era

Club Kids promoter associated with Limelight's Disco 2000

DJ behind The Gallery; early Studio 54 selector

Brooklyn underground promoter behind SHADE, UNTER, and Zero Chill; co-founder of the QNCC

First woman to headline both The Saint and the Paradise Garage

Co-owner of Studio 54 and the Palladium

Circuit and house DJ; first woman to headline the Saint-at-Large Black Party

Pioneering garage DJ associated with Better Days

Queer New York DJ duo (Will Automagic & Nita Aviance)

Resident DJ of the long-running Shelter party

Voguer and dancer, a central figure of ballroom culture