US monument status won't guarantee Stonewall Inn's future
MICHAEL BALSAMO
May. 15, 2016 12:06 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The area surrounding the Stonewall Inn in New York's Greenwich Village is poised to become the first national monument dedicated to gay rights.
The monument would be located in public spaces around the city's most famous gay bar on Christopher Street, possibly the small triangle of land called Christopher Park, across from the tavern.
But U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat who's been pushing for the designation for years, says nothing would force the Stonewall to remain a bar.
The tavern was the site of a 1969 uprising that is widely viewed as the start of the modern-day gay rights movement. The bar closed that same year, just months after patrons resisted a police raid.
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President Barack Obama is expected to move quickly to greenlight the monument, two people familiar with the administration's plans told The Associated Press. They weren't authorized to discuss the plans publicly and requested anonymity.
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