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The Lenox Lounge. Lenox Lounge was a long-standing bar in Harlem, New York City.It was located in 288 Lenox Avenue, between 124th and 125th.The bar was founded in 1939 by Ralph Greco and served as a venue for performances by many great jazz artists, including Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane.
Lenox Avenue is thought by some to be one of the most important streets in the world for African American culture. [8] The Savoy Ballroom was located between 140th and 141st Streets on Lenox Avenue. [9] Other historical venues of Lenox Avenue are Sylvia's Restaurant, located between 126th and 127th; and the Lenox Lounge, located between 124th ...
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133rd Street is a street in Manhattan and the Bronx, New York City. In Harlem, Manhattan, it begins at Riverside Drive on its western side and crosses Broadway, Amsterdam Avenue, and ends at Convent Avenue, before resuming on the eastern side, crossing Seventh Avenue, and ending at Lenox Avenue.
Plaque commemorating the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York City. The ballroom went out of business in October 1958. [22] Despite efforts to save it by Borough President Hulan Jack, Savoy Ballroom manager and co-owner Charles Buchanan, clubs, and organizations, the Savoy Ballroom was demolished for the construction of the Delano Village housing complex between March and April 1959. [23]
New York City United States The Golden Gate Ballroom , originally named the "State Palace Ballroom", [ 1 ] was a luxurious [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] ballroom located at the intersection of Lenox Avenue and 142nd Street [ 5 ] [ 3 ] [ 6 ] [ note 1 ] in Harlem in New York City. [ 2 ]
Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem was founded as a soul food restaurant located at 328 Malcolm X Boulevard, between 126th and 127th Streets, in Harlem [1] in 1962 by Sylvia Woods. [2] It has since expanded to a much larger space at its present location, and an adjacent building.
The Lenox Avenue Gang was an early 20th-century New York City street gang led by Harry Horowitz; it was considered one of the most violent gangs of the pre-Prohibition era. [citation needed] It was based in Harlem in Upper Manhattan, New York City, around 125th Street, in what was then a predominantly Jewish neighborhood.