The Loading Zone (Chicago Gay Bar/80's and 90's) Color:Black you’re not celebrating the past

you’re not celebrating the past so much as re-editing it — wearing it with irony

and joy within its walls

but for queer spaces everywhere

the single captured a moment when music

but his legacy and Madame’s legacy remain fiercely alive

The Loading Zone (Chicago Gay Bar/80's and 90's) Color:Black you’re not celebrating the pastThe Loading Zone Chicago, IL (1980s1990s) 46 East Oak Street Gold Coast After Hours Before Boystown became Chicagos primary nightlife hub, the Gold Coast and Near North Side had their own constellation of gay bars and one of the late night standouts was The Loading Zone at 46 E. Oak Street. The Loading Zone shows up in Chicago LGBTQ nightlife listings by the mid 1980s, already operating as a bar known for music, video screens, and a steady crowd in