{{Other uses|Phase 1 (disambiguation){{!}}Phase 1}} {{Infobox restaurant | name = Phase 1 | logo = | logo_width = | logo_alt = | image = Phase-one.jpg | image_width = | image_alt = Exterior and entrance to Phase 1 | image_caption = The bar's exterior in 2012 | pushpin_map = | map_width = | map_alt = | map_caption = | slogan = | established = 1970 | closed = 2016 | current_owner = | chef = | head_chef = | food_type = | dress_code = [[casual attire|Casual]] | rating = | street_address = 525 8th St SE (8th and E) | city = [[Washington, D.C.]] | county = | state = | postcode = | country = United States | coordinates = | seating_capacity = | reservations = | other_locations = | other_information = | website = }}
'''Phase 1''', also known as '''''The Phase''''', was a [[lesbian]] [[Bar (establishment)|bar]] and [[nightclub]] at 525 8th Street, [[Southeast, Washington, D.C.|Southeast]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] Located one block south of [[Pennsylvania Avenue (Washington, D.C.)|Pennsylvania Avenue]], SE near [[Eastern Market, Washington, D.C.|Eastern Market]] in the [[Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.|Capitol Hill]] neighborhood, Phase 1 was the oldest continually operating lesbian bar in the [[United States]] and the oldest operating [[LGBTQ]] bar in Washington, D.C.<ref name=historic>{{Cite book |last=Ford |first=Elise |year=2006 |title=Night & Day Washington, DC: Night+day Cool Cities Series |publisher=ASDavis Media Group |pages=[https://archive.org/details/nightday0000ford/page/168 168] |isbn=0-9766013-4-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/nightday0000ford/page/168 }}</ref><ref name=LGBT>{{Cite book |last=Muzzy |first=Frank |year=2005 |title=Gay and Lesbian Washington D.C. |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] |pages=104 |isbn=0-7385-1753-4}}</ref> until its closure in February, 2016.<ref name=closure>{{Cite web | last=Giambrone | first=Andrew | title=Iconic D.C. Lesbian Bar Phase 1 Goes on the Market | publisher=DC City Paper | date=June 29, 2016 | url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/city-desk/blog/20826912/iconic-dc-lesbian-bar-phase-1-goes-on-the-market | accessdate=November 29, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130111455/http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/city-desk/blog/20826912/iconic-dc-lesbian-bar-phase-1-goes-on-the-market | archive-date=November 30, 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref>
== History == In 1971, Allen Carroll and Chris Jansen founded Phase 1 and would go on to open another LGBT bar in Southeast, [[Ziegfeld's]].<ref name=founding>{{cite magazine | last=Najafi | first=Yusef | title=A Pioneer Passes – Phase 1, Ziegfeld's founder dies at 61 | magazine=[[Metro Weekly]] | date=September 13, 2007 | url=http://www.metroweekly.com/gauge/?ak=2959 | accessdate=July 11, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211135747/http://metroweekly.com/gauge/?ak=2959 | archive-date=February 11, 2009 | url-status=live }}</ref> Phase 1 was originally located beside Plus One, a [[gay bar]] that broke the city's "no same-sex dancing" code when owners Henry Hecht of the [[Hecht's]] department store family, Donn Culver, and Bill Bickford installed a dance floor.<ref name=LGBT/>
== Events == Phase 1 was a sponsor of [[Capital Pride (Washington)|Capital Pride]], the [[Gay pride parade|LGBT pride festival]] held each year in Washington, D.C. and the fourth largest gay pride event in the United States.<ref name=sponsor>{{cite web| last=| first=| title=2008 Capital Pride Parade Contingents | publisher=[[Capital Pride (Washington)|Capital Pride]] | date= | url= http://www.capitalpride.org/contingents.html| accessdate=July 11, 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080709074816/http://www.capitalpride.org/contingents.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = July 9, 2008}}</ref><ref name=pride>{{cite news | last=Chandler | first=Michael | title=Street Fest Lets Gays Revel in Freedom | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=June 11, 2007 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/10/AR2007061001266.html | accessdate=July 11, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105133012/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/10/AR2007061001266.html | archive-date=November 5, 2012 | url-status=live }}</ref> Phase 1 also worked with local organizations such as the [[Whitman-Walker Clinic]] and D.C. Rape Crisis Center.<ref name=angela>{{cite news| title=30 under 30 | newspaper=[[Washington Blade]] | date=June 13, 2008 | url= http://www.washblade.com/2008/6-13/news/localnews/12765.cfm | accessdate=July 11, 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080617222126/http://www.washblade.com/2008/6-13/news/localnews/12765.cfm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = June 17, 2008}}</ref>
In August 2007, musician Mara Levi, Phase 1 manager Angela Lombardi, and Riot Grrl, Ink organized the first Phase Fest.<ref name=festival>{{cite news|last=Volin |first=Katherine |title=Phase in the music |newspaper=Washington Blade |date=August 10, 2007 |url=http://www.washblade.com/2007/8-10/outindc//local/11053.cfm |accessdate=July 11, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091103163607/http://www.washblade.com/2007/8-10/outindc/local/11053.cfm |archivedate=November 3, 2009 }}</ref> The three-day event hosted at Phase 1 featured local and nationwide musical acts such as [[God-Des and She]], Nicky Click, and others which are geared towards lesbians.<ref name=fest>{{cite magazine | last=O'Bryan | first=Will | title=In Phase – Phast Fest 2007 | magazine=Metro Weekly | date=August 16, 2007 | url=http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=2912 | accessdate=July 11, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208234823/http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=2912 | archive-date=February 8, 2009 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=nicky>{{cite magazine | last=Najafi | first=Yusef | title=Nicky Click – Phase Fest 2007 | magazine=Metro Weekly | date=August 16, 2007 | url=http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=2906 | accessdate=July 11, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608201510/http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=2906 | archive-date=June 8, 2011 | url-status=live }}</ref> The event became the largest [[queer]] art and music festival on the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]].<ref name=angela/>
==See also== {{Portal|LGBTQ|United States}} * [[Codman Carriage House and Stable]], previous location of Phase 1's second venue * [[Halo (bar)]] * [[Velvet Nation]]
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