Years: Linnton Trolley station until 1957.

Now houses New Avenues for Youth

History: has housed various names but they were all for the LGBTQ community.

• Originally the Linton Trolley waiting room

• Opened Tel & Tel in 1957, owned by Robert Saunders (1957-1962)

• Known as Derek’s (1963-1965), then the Annex

• Robert Hoblit named it the Family Zoo in 1971

• The site has a long gay history, dating back to least WW II when it was a drop-off site for GI’s.

• Popular with the upper classes during the 1960s. During this period Derek’s attorney Jim Davis argued before City Council that a gay club was not a “disorderly/dirty premise” (the statute used to deny gay establishments liquor licenses), and that gays had a constitutional right to be served liquor

All of these bars have their separate listings under Bars/Taverns/Restaurants. 

Tel & Tel 1957-1963

Derek’s 1963-1965

The Annex 1965-1971

The Apartment - 1971

Family Zoo 1971-1986

Zoo Club 1986-1987