[1][2][3] For most of its 28 year history, between 1967 and 1984, the bar was located at 501 North Clark Street adjacent to Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood.

Renslow, Herbie Schmidt and Art Marotta bought the bar so as not to lose the meeting place for the emerging gay leather scene.

[12] Dom Orejudos (widely known by his alias "Etienne"), who was Renslow's partner,[13] created numerous posters and artworks for the Gold Coast.

[20][21] In 1984, the bar relocated to 5025 N Clark Street in Andersonville;[9] it was sold one year later to Frank Kellas in exchange for stocks of the GayLife newspaper.

[22] According to Dazed, "the importance of bars like the Gold Coast stemmed from more than mere fetish; LGBTQ+ communities have always had their sex lives heavily policed and often criminalised.

"[24] On May 25, 2018, the Chicago City Council voted to designate the eastern stretch of Clark Street between Winnemac Ave and Ainslie Ave—the historic location of the Gold Coast, Man's Country, and other businesses owned by Renslow—as "CHUCK RENSLOW WAY.