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City under Siege-and How Place Dollars Could Save It
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Voices
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October 1, 2007
- Author:
- Zeitlin, Steve
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Copyright informationCopyright New York Folklore Society Fall 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The skeletal remains of CBGB's famous red awning-just the spokes-still protrude from the birthplace of punk rock on 2nd Avenue. No flowers or memorials are left on the street, as when punk rockers memorialized Joey Ramone outside the club in 2001. There's no time to mourn for CBGB, because other victims of gentrification and escalating real estate values plead for our attention: Tonic, another venerable Lower East Side rock club, Claremont Stables near Central Park, the only stable in Manhattan open to the public, Copacabana, the great Latin dance hall in midtown, and Astroland, the amusement park that anchored Coney Island, have all closed their doors in just the last few months.
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