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The Brook is a private club located at 111 East 54th Street in Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1903 by a group of prominent men who belonged to other New York City private clubs, such as the Knickerbocker Club and the Union Club. [1] The name is derived from the Alfred Lord Tennyson poem The Brook, whose lines "For men may come ...
The club's first permanent headquarters was an existing two-and-one-half-story residence at 42 East 15th Street, later redesignated 109–111, between Union Square East and Irving Place. Built in about 1847 and purchased by the Century Association in 1857 for $24,000, the dwelling was extensively remodeled four times during its 34 years as a ...
El Morocco, sometimes nicknamed Elmo or Elmer, was a 20th-century nightclub in the Manhattan borough of New York City. It was frequented by the rich and famous from the 1930s until the decline of café society in the late 1950s. It was known for its blue zebra -stripe motif, designed by Vernon MacFarlane, and its official photographer, Jerome ...
History. The Ritz was founded in 1980 by Jerry Brandt in the historic Webster Hall ballroom and concert space on 11th Street between Third and Fourth Avenues in the East Village neighborhood of New York City. The address was 119 East 11th Street. The Ritz focused primarily on live performances, often of newer acts, but also featured dancing.
Eddie Condon's was the name of three successive jazz venues in New York run by jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader Eddie Condon from 1945 until the mid-1980s. [1] In 1975, Red Balaban took over the management of the club. [2] Ed Polcer was also a part-owner at the time of the club's closing. [1] Tony Parenti, Wild Bill Davison, and Eddie ...
The Pacha Group is a lifestyle brand involved in sectors including music, leisure, entertainment, hospitality, and fashion. It works with Pacha Ibiza (a famed nightclub), Destino Pacha Hotel, El Hotel Pacha and Playa Pacha. Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2023, It was founded in 1967 by Ricardo Urgell, and has been owned by FIVE Holdings ...
Coordinates. 40°45′33.7″N 73°58′15.4″W. / 40.759361°N 73.970944°W / 40.759361; -73.970944. Jimmy Weston's Restaurant & Jazz Club was an American restaurant and jazz club in New York City, located on East 56th Street beginning in 1963, then, seven years later, moved it to 131 East 54th Street. Tommy Furtado was selected as ...
[1] [2] [3] According to the ads, prospective buyers could reach the neighborhood via the 54th Street streetcar line. In 1984, Chesterfield Square was the site gang-related mass murder called the "54th St. Massacre" in which 5 people were killed. [4] In March 2002, Magic Johnson opened a Starbucks coffee shop in Chesterfield Square.