Mattachine Steps

Love it here

So many stairs! Escalators have been invented right? I didn't imagine it?

I didn't actually make it to the stairs it's on my bucket list because The Three stooges were there. I think they were delivering a piano.

The view is blocked by plants and wirings

Great climb for exercise. The reservoir across the street excellent for a walk or jog to get the feel of this neighborhood.

One of the earliest American gay movement organizations, the Mattachine Society began in Los Angeles in the winter of 1950. It was formed by Harry Hay, a leading gay activist and former Communist Party member, along with seven other gay men. The name refers to the Société Mattachine, a French medieval masque group that allegedly traveled from village to village, using ballads and dramas to point out social injustice. The name was meant to symbolize the fact that "gays were a masked people, unknown and anonymous." By sharing their personal experiences as gay men and analyzing homosexuals in the context of an oppressed cultural minority, the Mattachine founders attempted to redefine the meaning of being gay in the United States.