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This bar has some good blues and jazz acts, but what's so unusual about it is that it dates back to 1919 and still has a lot of the original furnishings and Beaux Arts-style lamps. Keep your drink orders simple and enjoy the atmosphere.
The 55 Bar was a bar and jazz club located at 55 Christopher Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The bar was established in 1919 and operated as a speakeasy during the Prohibition era. The bar began jazz performances in 1983. The venue closed in 2022 after the COVID-19 pandemic. Musicians with regular shows at the bar included Jeff Michael Andrews, Mike and Leni Stern, and Wayne Krantz.
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A new national park unit located in Christopher Park across the street from The Stonewall Inn with a visitor center next door.
Even if you haven't heard of these basketball courts, you've probably seen them in TV commercials and movies, as "The Cage" (referring to the small, chain-link fence enclosed court) is the site of many intense, very physical pick-up games and informal "streetball" tournament matches. It's not a place to play unless you really know what you're getting into, but it's worth watching if you're interested in a more intense, physical form of basketball.
An art house theater showing independent films and documentaries. It is owned by the IFC network (an extension of AMC), so a lot of premiers and television broadcasts take place here.