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Its location placed an openly gay nightclub near some of the city’s most prestigious shops, hotels, and cultural institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGuests descended a flight of stairs into a subterranean space built around music, movement, mirrors, and light. Historical accounts describe a large central dance floor surrounded by mirrored walls, lounge seating, multiple bars, and an enclosed DJ booth. Its elaborate lighting system reflected across the interior’s Mylar and mirrored surfaces, creating the architectural spectacle suggested by the club’s distinctive geometric logo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIce Palace 57 was especially celebrated for its Sunday Tea Dances, when lines could extend along West 57th Street. Its musical identity was shaped by DJs including Frank Houlihan, Roy Thode, Robbie Leslie, Sharon White, René Hewitt, and Bacho Mangual. A surviving advertisement also documents midnight dance contests, afternoon Tea, nightly admission prices, and drink-inclusive cover charges. The Manhattan club operated until approximately 1985, when the location became the Silver Shadow. Fire Island \u0026amp; Pines Historical Society, Disco-Disco nightclub archive\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreated for the Walt \u0026amp; Pete® Recovered Artifacts Collection, this shirt is based on two surviving pieces of Ice Palace 57 ephemera: its original geometric logo and a serialized Globe Ticket Company drink ticket. The artwork has been carefully adapted for dark garments while retaining the character of late-1970s ticket printing and nightclub graphics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFront Design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe front features the restored Ice Palace 57 geometric emblem, rendered in warm antique cream and muted ochre so its architectural linework remains visible on dark fabric.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeneath the emblem are two pieces of historical documentation:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEST. 1977\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e57 WEST 57TH STREET · NEW YORK\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe centered composition is restrained and balanced, giving the design the character of an original club staff or promotional shirt rather than modern souvenir merchandise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBack Design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe back presents an enlarged reconstruction of a surviving Ice Palace 57 drink ticket. 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57 printed ephemera \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes the documented founding year and historical address \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesigned specifically for black and other dark-colored shirts \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures coordinated front-and-back artwork \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses a restrained, historically informed late-1970s palette \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreated for collectors of LGBTQ+ history and vintage nightlife culture \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesigned to feel like a recovered club original—not a souvenir \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart of the Walt \u0026amp; Pete® archive of forgotten LGBTQ+ places, people, and stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWalt \u0026amp; Pete® — Forgotten Moments, Forever Remembered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoft cotton or cotton-blend 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