New Yorkers Are Throwing A Huge Outdoor Dance Party To Get A Street Named After A DJ Who Died 22 Years Ago

On Sunday, New Yorkers will crowd onto a King Street in Tribeca and dance for hours in daylight to remember DJ Larry Levan, a former de facto leader of underground nightlife. The party is sponsored by Red Bull Music Academy, and the purpose is to get the street named in his honor. You see, starting in 1977, Levan held unquestionable dominion over it and the raging dance party he lead on it at club Paradise Garage for an entire decade. That was, of course, before AIDS truly ravaged New York City....