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Located at 206 South Jefferson Street in Chicago, [3] the club was made out of a three-story former factory. The Warehouse drew in around five hundred patrons from midnight Saturday to midday Sunday. The Warehouse was patronized primarily by gay black and Latino men, [4] who came to dance to disco music played by the club's resident DJ, Frankie ...
Established on June 18, 1904, Chicago’s Pekin Theatre was the first black owned musical and vaudeville stock theatre in the United States. Between 1904 and around 1915, the Pekin Club and its Pekin Theatre served as a training ground and showcase for Black theatrical talent, vaudeville acts, and musical comedies.
As The Charlotte Observer looks back on the stories of the city’s first Black club, Excelsior, we gathered a list of Black-owned hot spots of today.
Chicago-based comic Whitney Chitwood recorded her 2019 album The Bakery Case live at the Green Mill; the album reached No. 9 on the Billboard comedy chart [11] and was the first comedy album to be recorded at the club. [12] Recently the Green Mill hosts performers ranging from jazz quartets to swing orchestras who frequently play to a packed ...
Unity Hall is a historic building located at 3140 S. Indiana Ave. in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1887, the building originally served as a Jewish social club called the Lakeside Club. The red brick building, designed by local architect L.B. Dixon, features terra cotta decorations and sheet metal edging.
The Caxton Club (1895) The Chicago Athletic Association (1890–2007), insolvent [137] The Chicago Club (1869) Chicago Yacht Club; The Cliff Dwellers Club (1907) [138] The Covenant Club; Columbia Yacht Club of Chicago; Lake Shore Athletic Club (1927–1977) The Metropolitan Club; The Mid America Club; The Quadrangle Club (1893) The Racquet Club ...
Chatham is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois, on the city's South Side. It includes the neighborhoods of Chatham-Avalon, Chatham Club, Chesterfield, East Chatham, West Chatham and the northern portion of West Chesterfield. Its residents are predominantly African American, and it is home to former Senator Roland Burris.
With at least 65% of downtown's workforce now coming to the office in some capacity each week and a growing downtown residential population of nearly 60,000 people, Taris' small, Black-owned ...