Descripción del sitio
55 Washington Square South. In the 1940s the activist congregation of
this church began sponsoring avant-garde exhibits and performances.
Playwright and minister
Al Carmines
led the church and staged his works here after 1958. In the 1960s and
1970s the church was used as a hall for gay and lesbian political
gatherings, including a mass protest in 1966 after the Lindsay
administration attempted to "clean up" Washington Square.