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The Black Cat is a nightclub in Washington, D.C., located on 14th Street Northwest in the Shaw/U Street neighborhood. The club was founded in 1993 by former Gray Matter drummer Dante Ferrando, along with a group of investors (including D.C. area native, Nirvana drummer, and future Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl) [1] [2] and quickly established itself as a venue for independent music.
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By 1920, the neighborhood was predominantly African-American and flourished as the "Black Broadway", the heart of African-American culture in Washington. [2] [1] The area declined for a period following the 1968 Washington riots, but recovered following the 1991 opening of the U Street station of the Washington Metro.
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[clarification needed] In 1950, the area's population had reached over 34,000 people, around double its current level. [30] Like many neighborhoods throughout Washington, D.C., Shaw hit a population low point in the 1980s and 1990s, rebounding considerably at the turn of the 21st century. [30]
[6] [7] [8] In 2018, DC9 began hosting pop-up bars. [9] It contains a narrow saloon bar with a digital jukebox on the ground floor. The upstairs is a double-wide concert room. [3] There is a glass-enclosed rooftop bar that opened in 2010. [1] [10] DC9 has a no-phone policy at its DJ events and encourages people to check in the phones with their ...
Located on General Robinson Street on Pittsburgh's North Side, the club's first location boasted a 16,000 square foot dance floor. [1] The 2001 Club was not related to the Brooklyn 2001 Odyssey disco featured in the film Saturday Night Fever and in the source material for the film, Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night , written two years later.