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The bar changed ownership which changed the name from The Family Zoo to The Zoo Club. However, the business it appears through research lasted for less than a year. The building was taken over by New Avenues for Youth which in 1997 was formed to assist homeless youth.

·  Cited in Matthew Baker’s March 1, 2005 paper, “Closeted Nightclubs: Why Doesn’t Portland’s ‘Gay Community’ Recongnize the Gay Bar Culture?’ ‘One of these was Derek’s Tavern, which Portland police noted as being ‘frquented by homosexuals of higher class and means.”