![]() Among the early members of this prestigious organization was Julian Abele, the first African-American graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Architecture. In 1883, thirteen Philadelphia architects formed the T-Square Club for mutual fellowship and to sponsor competitions and exhibitions. Many of these little clubs found comfortable spaces in the tiny alleys and side streets that honeycomb today’s Gayborhood. The Bike Stop is special to me, because it’s the first gay bar I went into in Philadelphia when I moved here in 1998.ĭuring the nineteenth century, that golden age of fraternal organizations, Philadelphia was home to its share of clubs catering to every profession and interest imaginable painting, sculpture, advertising, theatre, journalism, literature, science and engineering. ![]() What began as a private building would become a public space with live entertainment after World War II, and then a self-identified gay bar in the 1960s. follows a pattern that’s common to many Gayborhood businesses.
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