Amsterdam Gay Businesses 1983 - 2010

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Photos of gay businesses, both in Reguliersdwarsstraat and elsewhere in the city, taken by David Jarrett from New York City, while visiting Amsterdam in 1983, in 1991 and again in 2010.

- 1983 -

01 - Gay coffeeshop Downtown in Reguliersdwarsstraat (1983)
(photo: David Jarrett)

02 - Gay coffeeshop Downtown in Reguliersdwarsstraat (1983)
(photo: David Jarrett)

03 - Gay cafe April in Reguliersdwarsstraat (1983)
(photo: David Jarrett)

04 - Gay cafe April in Reguliersdwarsstraat (1983)
(photo: David Jarrett)

05 - Gay disco DOK at the Singel canal (1983)
(photo: David Jarrett)

06 - Gay bar Monopole Taveerne at the Amstel (1983)
(photo: David Jarrett)

07 - Gay bar Wells Fargo Saloon at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal (1983)
(photo: David Jarrett)

08 - Gay hotel Singel at the Singel canal (1983)
(photo: David Jarrett)

> About the 1980s in Reguliersdwarsstraat: English - Nederlands

- 1991 -

09 - World famous gay disco iT in Amstelstraat (1991)
(photo: David Jarrett)

10 - Gay disco Gay Life in Amstelstraat (1991)
(photo: David Jarrett)

11 - Gay hotel Aero with gay cafe De Pul in Kerkstraat (1991)
(photo: David Jarrett)

12 - The ITC gay hotel and bar at Prinsengracht (1991)
(photo: David Jarrett)

13 - Gay hotel New York at Herengracht (1991)
(photo: David Jarrett)

14 - Man to Man boys club in Spuistraat (1991)
(photo: David Jarrett)

15 - Male brothel De Boys (1991)
(photo: David Jarrett)

> About the 1990s in Reguliersdwarsstraat: English - Nederlands

- 2010 -

16 - Gay Coffeeshop Downtown in Reguliersdwarsstraat (2010)
(photo: David Jarrett)

17 - Gay bar April (closed) in Reguliersdwarsstraat (2010)
(photo: David Jarrett)

18 - Gay disco Exit (closed) in Reguliersdwarsstraat (2010)
(photo: David Jarrett)

19 - The Havana Club just before the re-opening in Reguliersdwarsstraat (2010)
(photo: David Jarrett)

20 - Restaurant Garlic Queen in Reguliersdwarsstraat (2010)
(photo: David Jarrett)

21 - Gay cafe Soho in Reguliersdwarsstraat (2010)
(photo: David Jarrett)

22 - New gay bar Taboo in Reguliersdwarsstraat (2010)
(photo: David Jarrett)

23 - Where the former gay dancing DOK at Singel was (2010)
(photo: David Jarrett)

24 - Gay hotel Amistad in Kerkstraat (2010)
(photo: David Jarrett)

> About the changes in recent years: English

(Many thanks to David Jarrett for kindly providing these pictures!)