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The Web

40 East 58th Street · Midtown, Manhattan40.7626° N / 73.9712° W

Overview

Midtown club cited as a central space for gay Asian nightlife in the 1980s–90s.

The Web was a Midtown club frequently cited as a primary space for gay Asian men's nightlife in the late 1980s and 1990s, an example of the diaspora-specific queer rooms the broader nightlife narrative tends to omit. Documentation is limited.

Oral histories & archival media

Archive plates

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FlyerPL.01
Pending acquisition
Flyer / ephemeraundated
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PhotographPL.02
Pending acquisition
Interior / crowdimage pending
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DocumentPL.03
Pending acquisition
Door policy / pressimage pending

Placeholder plates — cleared scans drop in here

Sonic profile

housemixed

Cultural role

gay Asian communitydiaspora queer space

Tags

#gayAsiannightlife#Midtown#diaspora#1990s

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