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The street was once called Skinner Road after William Skinner . The street got its current name in 1799 , when the land was acquired by Charles Christopher Amos . Christopher Street is also the first stop in Manhattan on the 33rd St Line of the Port Authority Trans-Hudson rapid transit railroad. The PATH identifies Christopher St station with a large single capital 'C'. CHRISTOPHER STREET AS GAY ICON Christopher Street was the site of the Stonewall Inn, the bar whose patrons started the 1969 , Cologne , and other German cities are known as Christopher Street Day or "CSD". '' Christopher Street '' magazine, which began publication in July 1976 was, for many years, one of the most respected gay magazines in the U.S. |
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