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The Duchess
Sheridan Square (Grove Street & Seventh Avenue) · West Village, Manhattan40.7331° N / 74.0019° W
Overview
Sheridan Square lesbian bar central to West Village women's nightlife across the 1970s–90s.
The Duchess was a Sheridan Square lesbian bar often cited as a center of West Village women's nightlife from the 1970s through the 1990s, operating under a few names across that span. Its corner is part of a dense queer geography around Christopher Street. Dates are approximate.
Oral histories & archival media
Archive plates
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FlyerPL.01
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PhotographPL.02
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DocumentPL.03
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Placeholder plates — cleared scans drop in here
Sonic profile
mixed
Cultural role
lesbian nightlifeWest Village queer geography
Tags
#lesbianbar#SheridanSquare#WestVillage#1970s