Hemphill, co-founder of The Atlanta Constitution in 1868 and mayor from 1891-1893, purchased lots including 306 Ponce in 1888.ġ0 years later, in July 1898, Hemphill’s daughter, Lula Belle Hemphill Quinby, and her husband L. 306 Ponce De Leon Ave was first platted in 1883 but appears to have remained undeveloped until the late 1890s. Courtesy of Joe White HistoryĮarly Ponce De Leon Avenue was pushed by developers Richard Peters and renowned real estate duo George and Forrest Adair to be the most exclusive, upper class corridor in Atlanta. Miss Opal Foxx ( Benjamin Smoke), Ru Paul, & Miss Felecia at the Celebrity Club.
Since “the before.” Since gathering had new meaning… but our gathering was always fraught, and fought for, and fabulous, a real fantasy,” shared artist Barnette to Instagram.Īccording to a study done by professor of sociology Greggor Mattson in 2019, LGBTQ+ bars had been declining across the nation from 2007 to 2019, “with a disparate impact on those serving female-identified people and people of color.” The New Eagle Creek Saloon revives the establishment’s significant history in Chelsea, a neighborhood “where this legacy has been so instrumental to avant-garde art and performance,” shared The Kitchen’s website.The Atlanta Eagle is significant for its long-time association to the LGBTQ community and as an excellent example of a historic home altered for commercial use during the 20th century as Ponce De Leon Ave shifted from an upper class residential boulevard to a commercial corridor. Photo: Adam Reich Installation view of Sadie Barnette: The New Eagle Creek Saloon, The Kitchen, New York, January 18, 2022–March 6, 2022. Installation view of Sadie Barnette: The New Eagle Creek Saloon, The Kitchen, New York, January 18, 2022–March 6, 2022.
Everyone is encouraged to experience the exhibition through touch and sound as a changing audio component elevates the installation.
The bar offered a social safe space for marginalized individuals of the multiracial queer community in San Francisco.Īt the installation, visitors can step into this shiny pink bar decorated with glittering books, bar stools, and a glowing “Eagle Creek” neon sign. The original saloon was first opened and operated from 1990–1993 by the artist’s father, Rodney Barnette, founder of the Compton Black Panther Party chapter.
Produced in collaboration with the Studio Museum in Harlem, the installation makes way for the East Coast’s first “institutional presentation” of this historical space. NYC’s newest saloon comes just in time for Black History Month and soon after the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising.Ĭelebrate Queer Black history at The Kitchen in Chelsea from now through March 6th with Sadie Barnette’s reimagination of Eagle Creek Saloon-San Francisco’s first Black-owned gay bar.