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On July 12, 2011, the club re-opened to the public in Times Square at 268 West 47th Street. The first performer at the new location was world-renowned salsa musician Willie Colón. [22] On May 26, 2020, the club announced that it had closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that it planned to reopen in 2021 at another location. [23]
This is a list of notable current and former nightclubs in New York City. A 2015 survey of former nightclubs in the city identified 10 most historic ones, starting with the Cotton Club , active from 1923 to 1936.
The club's original location near Times Square was at 200 West 48th Street on a trapezoidal lot between Broadway and Seventh Avenue. It opened as the Palais Royale in 1900, and Norman Bel Geddes had designed the interior. [3] [4] It was then occupied by the Cotton Club, which had left Harlem, from 1936 to 1940. [5]
Café Society was opened by Barney Josephson in a basement at 2 Sheridan Square in New York City in 1938. The club prided itself on treating black and white customers equally, unlike many venues, such as the Cotton Club , which featured black performers but barred black customers except for prominent black people in the entertainment industry.
Cotton Club on 125th Street in New York City, December 2013. An incarnation of the Cotton Club opened on 125th Street in Harlem in 1978. [33] [34] James Haskins wrote at the time, "Today, there is a new incarnation of the Cotton Club that sits on the most western end of the 125th Street under the massive Manhattanville viaduct. The windowless ...
Cheetah was a nightclub located at 1686 Broadway near 53rd Street in Manhattan, New York City. The club opened on April 27, 1966, [2] and closed in the 1970s. The financial backing was provided by Borden Stevenson, son of politician Adlai Stevenson, and Olivier Coquelin. [1] [3] Robert Hilsky and Russell Hilsky were associated with the club. [4]
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This is a list of neighborhoods in the New York City borough of Manhattan arranged geographically from the north of the island to the south. The following approximate definitions are used: Upper Manhattan is the area above 96th Street. Midtown Manhattan is the area between 34th Street and 59th Street. Lower Manhattan is the area below 14th Street.