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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 .
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 ]
For census purposes, the New York City government classifies Central Harlem into two neighborhood tabulation areas: Central Harlem North and Central Harlem South, divided by 126th street. [126] Based on data from the 2010 United States Census , the population of Central Harlem was 118,665, a change of 9,574 (8.1%) from the 109,091 counted in 2000 .
Minton's original owner, Henry Minton, was known in Harlem for being the first ever black delegate to the American Federation of Musicians Local 802. [3] In addition, he had been the manager of the Rhythm Club, in Harlem, in the early part of the 1930s, a venue which Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, James P. Johnson, and Earl Hines frequented. [4]
Tamara Hinson checks out the new home for Louis Armstrong’s 60,000-piece archive, alongside the Big Apple’s coolest jazz bars and clubs
JetBlue said its 8,000-square-foot lounge in Terminal 5 of New York’s JFK Airport is slated to open late next year, and an 11,000-sqare-foot space in Boston Logan International Airport’s ...
The Renaissance Ballroom & Casino was an entertainment complex at 2341–2349 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (Seventh Avenue) in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. When opened in 1921, it included a casino, ballroom, 900-seat theater, six retail stores, and a basketball arena.
The Hoofers Club was an African-American entertainment establishment and dancers' club hangout in Harlem, New York, that ran from the early 1920s until the early 1940s.It was founded and managed by Lonnie Hicks (1882–1953), an Atlanta-born ragtime pianist. [1]