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1908 Los Angeles Times Advertisement for original Pig 'n Whistle in Downtown Los Angeles. The Pig 'n Whistle was originally a chain of restaurants and candy shops, founded by John Gage in 1908. [2]: 7 He opened his first location in Downtown Los Angeles, next to the now-demolished 1888 City Hall at 224 S. Broadway.
7th Street Looking West from Spring, Los Angeles, Calif. (Tichnor Bros. postcard, 1930s) 7th Street is a street in Los Angeles, California running from S. Norton Ave in Mid-Wilshire through Downtown Los Angeles. It goes all the way to the eastern city limits at Indiana Ave., and the border between Boyle Heights, Los Angeles and East Los Angeles ...
During the last three months of 1961, more than 132,000 people visited the Chicago club, making it the busiest night club in the world. Playboy Club membership became a status symbol. Only 21% of all key holders ever went to a club. At $25.00 per year per membership, Playboy grossed $25 million for every 1,000,000 members.
The nightclub at the Dunbar was the home-away-from-home for, and the stage for performances by, artists including Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan, Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway, and Nat King Cole. [7] [9] [20] Even Ray Charles stayed at the Dunbar when he first moved to Los ...
The club has two founding dates set in stone at the entrance to its Downtown Los Angeles building — 1894 (when it was a political club) and 1895 (when it segued into a non-political social club and was chartered by State of California). The club bases its anniversaries on the June 8, 1895 date. [3] Membership in the club is by invitation only ...
A downtown Los Angeles building made famous as the setting of an album cover photo for the legendary rock band the Doors was heavily damaged after fire broke out Thursday morning. The building ...
CHICAGO -- It can be argued that the corner of Rush and Bellevue Streets on Chicago's Near North Side is one of the busiest corners in the world, packed as it is with some of the most popular ...
gas leak [20] Yaoundé nightclub fire Yaoundé: Cameroon 2022 16: 8 fireworks Fireworks ignited the ceiling; eventually spread to gas bottles, causing explosions [21] Sorong nightclub fire: Sorong, West Papua: Indonesia 2022 19: rioting [22] One victim died from stabbing during clashes. Mountain B nightclub fire: Sattahip, Chonburi: Thailand ...