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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.
[2] [3] DJ Mark Kamins said Danceteria was the first club to play videos and have two separate DJs play for 12 straight hours. Post-punk band Certain General backstage at Danceteria in 1983. In October 1980, the New York liquor licensing authorities raided Danceteria, and 35 employees were arrested for selling liquor without a license. [4]
The club closed by 1940, the vacant location later converted to Bond Clothes, a men's clothing emporium. [1] Starting in 1980, the location again operated as a nightclub, merging the names of the two previous businesses as Bond International Casino, with co-owner, Maurice Brahms, who later co-owned Underground at 860 Broadway.
Area was a themed nightclub that operated from 1983 to 1987 at 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City. [1] It was a hot spot for celebrities and luminaries of the New York art scene. The club was known for its unusual invitations and changing themes.
The Pyramid Club was a nightclub in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City. After opening in 1979, the Pyramid helped define the East Village drag queen, gay, post-punk and no wave art and music scenes of the 1980s. [1] The club was located at 101 Avenue A in Manhattan. [2] 101 Avenue A, built in 1876, location of the Club
He expanded from Tuesday night hip hop to all nights, and soon the Disco Fever was the most famous hip hop club in New York. [1] The club was mentioned in the Grandmaster Flash song "The Message" in 1982, and in 1983 Bill Adler wrote in People magazine that it was "the rap capital of the Solar System". [2] Rapper Kurtis Blow said that he went ...
Club 57 was a nightclub located at 57 St. Mark's Place in the East Village, New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was originally founded by Stanley Zbigniew Strychacki as well as Dominic Rose, then enhanced by nightclub performer Ann Magnuson , Susan Hannaford, and poet Tom Scully. [ 1 ]
Xenon was a popular New York City discotheque and nightclub in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was located in the former Henry Miller's Theatre at 124 West 43rd Street (now the site of the Stephen Sondheim Theatre) which, prior to Xenon, had been renamed Avon-at-the-Hudson and was operating as a porn house.