Ramrod (Iconic New York City Leather Bar/1973-1980) Color:Red particularly within the leather subculture

particularly within the leather subculture

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it offered a space for men to explore kink

After the bar closed

Ramrod (Iconic New York City Leather Bar/1973-1980) Color:Red particularly within the leather subcultureRamrod was Greenwich Villages emblematic leather barraw, unapologetic, and alive from around 1973 until it closed in 1980. Nestled at 394396 West Street along the piers, it became a buzzing sanctuary for the leather and denim crowd, complete with bootblack stands and the pulse of 1970s subculture . It was immortalized in the Village Peoples YMCA video and featured in leather guides of the timebut its end came in tragedy. On November 19, 1980, a