Free Zone: The Pyramid Club in the 1980's

June 30, 2010

In conjunction with the exhibition “Clayton Patterson: Pyramid Portraits,” Esopus Space hosted a panel discussion co-sponsored with the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation about the extraordinary scene at the Pyramid Club in the 1980s. Panelists included photographer and community activist Clayton Patterson, performance historians Joe E. Jeffreys and Iris Rose, drag legend Agosto Machado, and Andrew Berman, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (which is seeking landmark status for the Pyramid Club building at 101 Avenue A). PHOTOS OF EVENT