{"id":45671,"date":"2021-04-07T14:19:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T18:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=45671"},"modified":"2021-04-07T14:38:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T18:38:38","slug":"gone-but-not-forgotten-the-pyramid-club-on-the-lower-east-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2021\/04\/gone-but-not-forgotten-the-pyramid-club-on-the-lower-east-side.html","title":{"rendered":"<font size=\"+2\"><em>Gone But Not Forgotten<\/font><\/em><br> <font size=\"+3\"><strong>The Pyramid Club on the Lower East Side<\/font><\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevillagesun.com\/queens-to-punks-pyramid-club-was-a-cauldron-of-lower-east-side-culture\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"216\" data-attachment-id=\"45688\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/by-clayton-patterson-750bdr-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/by-Clayton-Patterson-750bdr-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,216\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"by Clayton Patterson (750)bdr\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/by-Clayton-Patterson-750bdr-1-300x86.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/by-Clayton-Patterson-750bdr-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/by-Clayton-Patterson-750bdr-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45688\" title=\"CLICK TO READ THE COMPLETE STORY.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/by-Clayton-Patterson-750bdr-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/by-Clayton-Patterson-750bdr-1-300x86.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevillagesun.com\/queens-to-punks-pyramid-club-was-a-cauldron-of-lower-east-side-culture\">Click to read the complete story.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Pyramid drag queens invented their own characters.<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevillagesun.com\/queens-to-punks-pyramid-club-was-a-cauldron-of-lower-east-side-culture\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"529\" data-attachment-id=\"45703\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/peter-and-kathleen-drag-denizens-at-the-pyramid-club-use\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Peter-and-Kathleen-drag-denizens-at-The-Pyramid-Club.-use.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,529\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Peter and Kathleen drag denizens at The Pyramid Club. (use)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Peter-and-Kathleen-drag-denizens-at-The-Pyramid-Club.-use-300x212.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Peter-and-Kathleen-drag-denizens-at-The-Pyramid-Club.-use.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Peter-and-Kathleen-drag-denizens-at-The-Pyramid-Club.-use.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45703\" title=\"CLICK TO READ THE COMPLETE STORY.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Peter-and-Kathleen-drag-denizens-at-The-Pyramid-Club.-use.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Peter-and-Kathleen-drag-denizens-at-The-Pyramid-Club.-use-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DAMEHT-Roman-clayton-_0318-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"595\" data-attachment-id=\"45674\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/dameht-roman-clayton-_0318-copy\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DAMEHT-Roman-clayton-_0318-copy.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,595\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1405720284&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;17&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;6400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DAMEHT-Roman-clayton-_0318-copy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DAMEHT-Roman-clayton-_0318-copy-300x238.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DAMEHT-Roman-clayton-_0318-copy.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DAMEHT-Roman-clayton-_0318-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DAMEHT-Roman-clayton-_0318-copy.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DAMEHT-Roman-clayton-_0318-copy-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><em>All photos \u00a9 by Clayton Patterson.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gone, finished, closed, shut forever. Though less well known than CBGB, Webster Hall, The Palladium, the Continental, it gave birth to much LES culture. Over the last few years, the Pyramid Club struggled to stay alive. Then came the Covid-19 death grip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":45674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19,18,4,20,21,22,23,17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-45671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-art","8":"category-literature","9":"category-main","10":"category-media","11":"category-movies","12":"category-music","13":"category-news","14":"category-political-culture","15":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DAMEHT-Roman-clayton-_0318-copy.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-bSD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45671"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45711,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45671\/revisions\/45711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}