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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.
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.
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] The lack of investment and limited power in the area created a barrier in the neighborhood's development and urbanization during the early 1800s.
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(Washington, D.C.) Peaking at 75% black in the mid-1970s after five previous decades of the Great Migration increased the black population five-fold, DC is 46–49% black in 2018. DC remains the largest African-American percentage population of any state or territory in the mainland US. [citation needed] Adams Morgan; Anacostia; Arboretum ...