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Roxy
515 West 18th Street · Chelsea, Manhattan40.7434° N / 74.0072° W
Overview
Chelsea space that moved from roller disco to a major venue for hip-hop and, later, gay Saturday nights.
Roxy is remembered across several lives — an early roller disco, a key room in the rise of New York hip-hop, and a long-running home for gay Saturday nights. It is often cited within multiple nightlife lineages at once, which makes it a useful case study in how a single address can hold many scenes.
Oral histories & archival media
Archive plates
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Placeholder plates — cleared scans drop in here
Sonic profile
hip-hophousedisco
Cultural role
hip-hop historyqueer Saturday nights
DJs, promoters & people
Afrika Bambaataa
Hip-hop pioneer associated with the Roxy
John 'Jellybean' Benitez
Resident DJ
John Blair
Promoter · Gay Saturday nights
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Tags
#rollerdisco#hip-hop#gaySaturdays#West18th