The story
The mob-run drag club where David Bowie met his transgender lover Rachel and the New York Dolls ignited the glam rock revolution.
Everything that was here
- 1953–1978
Club 82Bar
The mob-run drag club where David Bowie met his transgender lover Rachel and the New York Dolls ignited the glam rock revolution.
See the map in 1954 →
Connected places
Michigan Theatre
Detroit, MI
David Bowie
Old Original Bookbinder's
Philadelphia, PA
David Bowie
Roseland Ballroom
New York, NY
David Bowie
The Boston Tea Party (concert venue)
Boston, MA
Lou Reed
Coyote Ugly Saloon
New York, NY
East Village
Gem Spa
New York, NY
East Village
Explore the full web of connections on the map.
Nearby history
CBGB
315 Bowery · 213 m away
McSorley's Old Ale House
15 East 7th Street · 290 m away
McSorley's says it opened in 1854, but John McSorley first shows up in city directories in 1862. Women weren't allowed i
Def Jam Recordings Office
298 Elizabeth Street · 298 m away
After a 1985 CBS distribution deal, Def Jam bought a building at 298 Elizabeth Street, its first real home after Rick Ru
Katz's Delicatessen
205 E Houston Street · 483 m away
Katz's opened in 1888 as Iceland Brothers. Willy Katz's arrival in 1903 made it Iceland & Katz, and in 1910 his cousin B
Coyote Ugly Saloon
153 1st Avenue · 495 m away
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory (Asch Building)
23 Washington Place · 630 m away
Know something about Club 82? An old photo, a date, a memory of what stood here before?
Add it on the map