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  2. The Ritz (rock club) - Wikipedia

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    The Ritz was founded in 1980 by Jerry Brandt in the historic Webster Hall ballroom and concert space on 11th Street between Third and Fourth Avenues in the East Village neighborhood of New York City. The address was 119 East 11th Street. The Ritz focused primarily on live performances, often of newer acts, but also featured dancing. The Ritz was one of the first clubs to incorporate video ...

  3. Little Germany, Manhattan - Wikipedia

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    Both NYC Landmarks were designed by William Schickel and built during 1883–1884. Little Germany, known in German as Kleindeutschland and Deutschländle and called Dutchtown by contemporary non-Germans, [1] was a German immigrant neighborhood on the Lower East Side and East Village neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City.

  4. Union Club of the City of New York - Wikipedia

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    The Union Club of the City of New York (commonly known as the Union Club) is a private social club in New York City that was founded in 1836. The clubhouse is located at 101 East 69th Street on the corner of Park Avenue, in a landmark building designed by Delano & Aldrich that opened on August 28, 1933.

  5. Peppermint Lounge - Wikipedia

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    Peppermint Lounge. Coordinates: 40°45′26″N 73°59′0″W. The Peppermint Lounge was a popular discotheque located at 128 West 45th Street in New York City that was open from 1958 to 1965, although a new one was opened in 1980. It was the launchpad for the global Twist craze in the early 1960s.

  6. The Bottom Line (venue) - Wikipedia

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    The Bottom Line was a music venue at 15 West 4th Street between Mercer Street and Greene Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. During the 1970s and 1980s the club was a major space for small-scale popular music performances. It opened on Feb 11, 1974.

  7. Citizens Union - Wikipedia

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    Citizens Union is a New York City-based good government group founded in 1897 to combat the influences of the Tammany Hall political machine. J. Pierpont Morgan , Benjamin Altman , Elihu Root , and Carl Schurz numbered among its 165 founders.

  8. Sixth Avenue - Wikipedia

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    Sixth Avenue – also known as Avenue of the Americas, although this name is seldom used by New Yorkers [2] [3] [4] – is a major thoroughfare in New York City's borough of Manhattan, on which traffic runs northbound, or "uptown". It is commercial for much of its length.

  9. Turtle Bay, Manhattan - Wikipedia

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    Turtle Bay is a neighborhood in New York City, on the east side of Midtown Manhattan. It extends from roughly 43rd Street to 53rd Street, and eastward from Lexington Avenue to the East River 's western branch (facing Roosevelt Island ).