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Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 2: Fire Island and Other Stories

Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive

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The History of the Cherry Grove Meat Rack

In the 1950s, cherry grove was an established artist enclave. The meat rack didn't grow into what it famously became until later. Men from the grove made their way through the forest to go dancing at the sandpiper in the pines and the guys from the pines marched en masse to the grove's ice palace. Dominic DeSantis: "Once they got back to the mainland, they had to revert back"

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