Figure · cross-linked record

Vertner Woodson Tandy

Designer

Designer1 room · 9 connected figures

Biography

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Rooms they shaped

Imperial Lodge of Elks

1924–1997 (as a lodge/ball venue; ballroom use peaking c. 1972–late 1980s) · Central Harlem, Manhattan

TransformedBallroom

Designer, Architect of the building (1922–24); New York State's first licensed African American architect; designed St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Harlem and the Liberian Building for the 1939 World's Fair.

Connected figures

People who appear in the same rooms, follow the thread.

Avis Pendavis1 shared

Host

Crystal LaBeija1 shared

Promoter

David DePino1 shared

Dorian Corey1 shared

Host

Hector 'Xtravaganza' Valle1 shared

Dancer

Jennie Livingston1 shared

Performer

Lottie LaBeija1 shared

Promoter

Pepper LaBeija1 shared

Host

Willi Ninja1 shared

Voguer and dancer, a central figure of ballroom culture