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Stonewall Inn, Gay-Rights Protest Site, Made NYC Landmark
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The Stonewall Inn, the site of the riots 46 years ago that sparked the modern gay-rights movement, became a New York City landmark Tuesday.
The vote by the Landmarks Preservation Committee closes a loophole that might have allowed a redevelopment or demolition of the bar at 51-53 Christopher St., where a police raid on June 28, 1969, led to six days of sometimes-violent protests, the first major uprising against law enforcement harassment of gay men and women.