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Places

Learn about a selection of locations that became central to the popular culture and counterculture of the 1960s, from music venues to arts centres and from alternative cultural communities to fashion retail hubs. You are welcome to nominate more for future write-ups here.

Fire Island

Paul Costello, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Photograph of the Fire Island lighthouse with a 'No Parking' sign and a bicycle, Long Island, New York, USA (2007)

New York State Island

Fire Island

Middle Earth

Spudgun67, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Entrance of what once was the 'Middle Earth' club in the late 60s in 43 King Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom (2016)

London Hippie Club

Middle Earth

Mustique Island

Megmcgriff, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Crystal clear waters from the Gelliceaux Beach in Mustique, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2018)

Private island in the Caribbean

Mustique Island

Stargroves

Pam Brophy / Stargrove

Aerial view of the Stargrove House from the distance, East Woodhay, Hampshire, United Kingdom (2005)

Manor in Hampshire

Stargroves

The Black House

Holloway Road, Lower Holloway by David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Holloway Road, Lower Holloway, London, United Kingdom (2008)

Black Power Commune

The Black House

The Factory

Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped)

Low angle photograph of the Decker Building, 33 Union Square West, New York City, New York, USA (2008)

Andy Warhol's Creative Studios

The Factory

Hotel Chelsea

Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped)

Hotel Chelsea's façade in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA (2012)

New York City Hotel

Hotel Chelsea

Chateau Marmont

Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Back side picture of the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles, California, USA (2014)

Hollywood Hotel

Chateau Marmont

The King’s Road

King's Road street sign on a brick wall

Fashionable London Street

The King’s Road

Granny Takes a Trip

Elderly woman laughing whilst wearing 60s-fashion clothes

London fashion boutique

Granny Takes a Trip

The Arts Lab

Birmingham Arts Lab (1968-1982) - Motacilla, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Former Arts Lab building in Birmingham, United Kingdom (2017)

Alternative Arts and Performing Arts Venue

The Arts Lab

The Haight-Ashbury

Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Haight-Ashbury district intersection in San Francisco, California, USA

Fashionable San Francisco District

The Haight-Ashbury

Carnaby Street

H. Grobe, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

'Irvine Sellars' and other boutiques in Carnaby Street, London, United Kingdom (1968)

Fashionable London Street

Carnaby Street

The Cavern Club

Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped)

External view of the reopened Cavern Club, Liverpool, United Kingdom (2012)

Live Music Venue

The Cavern Club