“I learned about before I even got because I wasn’t out in high school,” said Espinoza. Scape Boylston, LLC did not respond to the Voice’s request for a statement about the venue. The space will also include the ‘Boylston Black Box.’ This will serve as a “10,000-square-foot LGBTQ-centric venue for the performing arts.” Within the development, there will be 477 residential housing units and a ground-floor retail podium. Scape Boylston, LLC proposed to build a 226,700-square-foot development at 1252-1270 Boylston Street. ![]() ![]() “I didn’t know that they were just going to build a whole new building,” said Paula Espinoza, a Simmons alumni who graduated in May 2022 and uses they/them pronouns. Machine’s closure raised questions about what is being done with the space it once occupied. Charlie Baker’s lockdown order went into effect. The club held its final event on March 14, 2020, only a few days before Gov. Above it sat Ramrod, the leather and Levis gay bar. ![]() Machine Nightclub opened its doors in 1998, occupying the ground floor space of 1254 Boylston Street. Almost three years later, the queer community is working to rebuild those spaces. At the start of the pandemic, the Fenway neighborhood said goodbye to its last queer-centric nightlife venue.
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