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Previously a popular bar called Oregon House had occupied this space. Oregon House tried to be more popular by playing disco music, but the larger Disco venues were more popular and Oregon House struggled.

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Around June-July it quietly remodeled and became 'The Phoenix'. During its years it had a few remodelings, but generally consisted of two phoenixes, and always had an active dance floor, good music, and a party atmosphere. It was generally one of the more popular bars in the area, with people going back and forth between this bar and Club or Gary's, or Circus, or whatever name that bar was using at the time.

But as disco popularity declined, paid advertisements in local LGBT media, fairly common in the late 's and the early 's, became very rare and nearly disappeared by The bar tried to adopt, briefly embracing Country Western music inand then dedicating one of its bar areas to women and another to a D. The upstairs bar even began to unofficially adopt the name of the primary female bartender there: for example, late in the upstairs lounge was " Anita's Women's Bar ", and a daily-events listing in October bar "Michelle's back in drag And the area lost ground as a night-time gay mecca, mostly due to the neighborhood.

The Clubwhich for a while was THE largest and most popular gay dance club in Milwaukee, was eclipsed by La Cageand that area about 8 blocks to the south, gay National Avenue became the center of gay bars and activity. The neighborhood around Phoenix also began to became gentrified, with condos and art galleries moving into the area; these milwaukee from the closed "gay neighborhood" feeling, and also greatly restricted availability of parking.

By September, it had re-opened as Deja-Vu. Early Advertisement Milw Calendar vol. Ad for A. Ad: "2 New Bars! Rare post's Ad March Flyer with daily specials from Jerry Johnson collection; un-dated. Credits: contents, design and arrangement by Don Schwamb. Last updated: October Opened: Closed:. July March Michelle, a bartender and the owner's partner, got drunk one day and shaved her head, mids photo courtesy of Josie Carter, via Jamie Taylor.

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