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The Gallery was a disco in SoHo, Manhattan which was opened in February 1972 by disc jockey Nicky Siano and his older brother Joe Siano. The first location of The Gallery, located on 132 West 22nd Street, closed in July 1974. It reopened in November 1974 at 172 Mercer and Houston Streets and closed in October 1977.^[1] Famed DJs Larry Levan and Frankie Knuckles both worked at the club, but not at the DJ booth. Grace Jones and Loleatta Holloway both made their debut performances at The Gallery.^{[citation needed]}

Disco's House of Worship

The disco era produced an attitude and culture popular among a majority of the population, but proved to be an especially crucial time for the emergence and empowerment of traditionally marginalized and disadvantaged groups, as blacks, gays, and women found security in the community built around dance clubs such as The Gallery. This safety provided by The Gallery in the 1970s created a catharsis for minorities though the temporary relief from harsh outside realities.^[2] The club “[featured] ritualized activities centered around music, dance, and worship, in which there [were] no set boundaries between secular and sacred domains”.^[3]

Popular references

John Mayer mentions The Gallery in his song "City Love".^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "The Gallery: The Story of the Legendary New York Disco 1972-77". Retrieved December 20, 2021.
^ Reynolds, Tim (2009). Ballroom, Boogie, Shimmy Sham, Shake: A Social and Popular Dance Reader. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press. pp. 199–214.
^ Fikentscher, Kai (August 18, 2000). You Better Work! Underground Dance Music in New York City. Hanover, New Hampshire: Wesleyan University Press. p. 101.

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[1] "The Gallery: The Story of the Legendary New York Disco 1972-77". Retrieved December 20, 2021.

[2] Reynolds, Tim (2009). Ballroom, Boogie, Shimmy Sham, Shake: A Social and Popular Dance Reader. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press. pp. 199–214.

[3] Fikentscher, Kai (August 18, 2000). You Better Work! Underground Dance Music in New York City. Hanover, New Hampshire: Wesleyan University Press. p. 101.

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-'''The Gallery''' was a [[disco]] in [[SoHo]], [[Manhattan]] which was opened in February 1973 by disc jockey [[Nicky Siano]] and his older brother [[Joe Siano]]. The first location of The Gallery, located on 132 West 22nd Street, closed in July 1974. It reopened in November 1974 at 172 Mercer and Houston Streets and closed in October 1977.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Gallery|url=http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=95|accessdate=25 July 2013}}</ref>   Famed DJs [[Larry Levan]] and [[Frankie Knuckles]] both worked at the club, but not at the DJ booth. [[Grace Jones]] and [[Loleatta Holloway]] both made their debut performances at The Gallery.{{cn|date=March 2020}}
+'''The Gallery''' was a [[disco]] in [[SoHo]], [[Manhattan]] which was opened in February 1972 by disc jockey [[Nicky Siano]] and his older brother [[Joe Siano]]. The first location of The Gallery, located on 132 West 22nd Street, closed in July 1974. It reopened in November 1974 at 172 Mercer and Houston Streets and closed in October 1977.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Gallery: The Story of the Legendary New York Disco 1972-77 |url= https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/sjr/product/the-gallery-the-story-of-the-legendary-new-york-disco-1972-77 |accessdate=December 20, 2021}}</ref>   Famed DJs [[Larry Levan]] and [[Frankie Knuckles]] both worked at the club, but not at the DJ booth. [[Grace Jones]] and [[Loleatta Holloway]] both made their debut performances at The Gallery.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
 ==Disco's House of Worship==
-	The disco era produced an attitude and culture popular among a majority of the population, but proved to be an especially crucial time for the emergence and empowerment of traditionally marginalized and disadvantaged groups, as blacks, gays, and women found security in the community built around dance clubs such as The Gallery.  This safety provided by The Gallery in the 1970s created a catharsis for minorities though the temporary relief from harsh outside realities<ref>{{cite book|last1=Reynolds|first1=Tim|title=Ballroom, Boogie, Shimmy Sham, Shake: A Social and Popular Dance Reader|date=2009|publisher=University of Illinois Press|location=Urbana and Chicago|pages=199-214|url=http://www.timlawrence.info/articles2/2013/7/16/beyond-the-hustle-seventies-social-dancing-discotheque-culture-and-the-emergence-of-the-contemporary-club-dancer}}</ref>.  The club “[featured] ritualized activities centered around music, dance, and worship, in which there [were] no set boundaries between secular and sacred domains”<ref>{{cite book|last1=Fikentscher|first1=Kai|title=You Better Work! Underground Dance Music in New York City|date=August 18, 2000|publisher=Wesleyan University Press|location=Hanover, New Hampshire|page=101}}</ref>.
+The disco era produced an attitude and culture popular among a majority of the population, but proved to be an especially crucial time for the emergence and empowerment of traditionally marginalized and disadvantaged groups, as blacks, gays, and women found security in the community built around dance clubs such as The Gallery.  This safety provided by The Gallery in the 1970s created a catharsis for minorities though the temporary relief from harsh outside realities.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Reynolds|first1=Tim|title=Ballroom, Boogie, Shimmy Sham, Shake: A Social and Popular Dance Reader|date=2009|publisher=University of Illinois Press|location=Urbana and Chicago|pages=199–214|url=http://www.timlawrence.info/articles2/2013/7/16/beyond-the-hustle-seventies-social-dancing-discotheque-culture-and-the-emergence-of-the-contemporary-club-dancer}}</ref>  The club “[featured] ritualized activities centered around music, dance, and worship, in which there [were] no set boundaries between secular and sacred domains”.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Fikentscher|first1=Kai|title=You Better Work! Underground Dance Music in New York City|date=August 18, 2000|publisher=Wesleyan University Press|location=Hanover, New Hampshire|page=101}}</ref>
 ==Popular references==
-[[John Mayer]] mentions The Gallery in his song "[[City Love]]".{{cn|date=March 2020}}
+[[John Mayer]] mentions The Gallery in his song "[[City Love]]".{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
 ==Further reading==
-* ''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Love_Goes_to_Buildings_on_Fire/VScwbwVi2cwC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=gallery Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever]'' by Will Hermes, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux (2012)
+* ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VScwbwVi2cwC&q=gallery Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever]'' by Will Hermes, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2012)
-* ''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Last_Night_a_DJ_Saved_My_Life/MxTnBAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=gallery Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey]'' by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton, Grove Atlantic (2014)
+* ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=MxTnBAAAQBAJ&q=gallery Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey]'' by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton, Grove Atlantic (2014)
-* ''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Love_Saves_the_Day/qIdH2yR41bIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=gallery Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979]'' by Tim Lawrence, Duke University Press (2004)
+* ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=qIdH2yR41bIC&q=gallery Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979]'' by Tim Lawrence, Duke University Press (2004)
+* ''[https://archive.org/details/holdontoyourdrea00lawr/page/126/mode/2up/search/gallery?q=%22the+gallery%22+disco Hold On to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene, 1973-1992]'' by Tim Lawrence, Duke University Press (2009)
+* ''[https://archive.org/details/turnbeataround00pete/page/36/mode/2up/search/gallery?q=%22the+gallery%22+disco Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco]'' by Peter Shapiro, Faber and Faber (2005)
+* ''[https://archive.org/details/recordplayersdjr00brew/page/146/mode/2up/search/gallery?q=%22the+gallery%22+disco The Record Players: DJ Revolutionaries]'' by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton, Black Cat (2010)
+* ''[https://www.amazon.com/Disco-Music-Times-Johnny-Morgan/dp/1402780354/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=the+disco+files&qid=1583692791&sr=8-5#reader_1402780354 Disco: The Music, The Times, The Era]'' by Johnny Morgan, Sterling (2011)
 * "[https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/apr/07/nyc-70s-club-scene-special-studio-54-the-gallery-nicky-siano 'The 1970s club scene in New York was special': Nicky Siano]" by Will Coldwell, The Guardian (Apr 7, 2017)
-* ''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/You_Better_Work/ALmePvKmNfgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=gallery "You Better Work!": Underground Dance Music in New York]'' by Kai Fikentscher, Wesleyan University Press (2000)
+* ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ALmePvKmNfgC&q=gallery "You Better Work!": Underground Dance Music in New York]'' by Kai Fikentscher, Wesleyan University Press (2000)
 * "[https://thevinylfactory.com/features/nicky-siano-studio-54-interview/ Nicky Siano on disco, drugs and DJing at Studio 54]", The Vinyl Factory
 * "[https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2018/02/nicky-siano-interview-dj-history Nicky Siano on the Gallery and the Dark Days of Disco]", DJHistory.com