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Upstairs Inferno is a 2015 American documentary film written, produced, and directed by Robert L. Camina. It chronicles the events surrounding the UpStairs Lounge arson attack on June 24, 1973, in New Orleans , Louisiana and the city's response to the tragedy.
The UpStairs Lounge arson attack, sometimes called the UpStairs Lounge Fire, occurred on June 24, 1973, at a gay bar called the UpStairs (or Up Stairs) Lounge located on the 2nd floor of the 3-story building at 604 Iberville Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States. [2]
George Washington, whose half-brother Augustine Washington Jr.'s son, Capt William Augustine Washington married Tayloe's sister, Sarah 'Sally' Tayloe, on May 11, 1799, found out and persuaded the Tayloes to build their house in the new capital city in an outlying section. The plan was to establish a node of development to stimulate fill-in growth.
The View UpStairs is a musical with music, lyrics and book by Max Vernon based on the real-life events of the 1973 arson attack at the UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar in New Orleans. This attack resulted in the deaths of 32 people, the deadliest attack [ 1 ] on a gay club in U.S. history before the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting .
Union Kitchen was founded as Black Strap Bakery [5] in 2012 by Jonas Singer and Cullen Gilchrist in Washington, D.C. [6] [7] [8] It originated from Singer and Gilchrist's search for a kitchen space for their Blind Dog Cafe and Bakery.
The Dabney is a restaurant located in Blagden Alley, in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Chef-owner Jeremiah Langhorne opened the restaurant in 2015, focusing on Mid-Atlantic cuisine. The Dabney was named one of the Best New Restaurants of 2016 by Bon Appétit magazine, [ 1 ] it was a awarded a Michelin Star in 2017, [ 2 ] and Chef ...
It includes all properties facing 16th Street within those borders: Squares 174–186, 188–200, and Reservations 62–64, and 146–147. The linear north–south street is 160 feet (49 m) wide, wider than any other numbered street in the city and the same width as the city's major avenues, which includes the 50 feet (15 m) wide roadway with ...
George Oakley Totten Jr. (December 5, 1866 – February 1, 1939), [1] was one of Washington D.C.’s most prolific and skilled architects in the Gilded Age. His international training and interest in architectural decoration led to a career of continuous experimentation and stylistic eclecticism which is clearly evident in many of his works.