109 Bank Street
West Village | built 1846
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1949
Cabaret singer Jimmie Daniels moves into 109 Bank Street with the designer Rex Madsen
From 1949 to 1954, Jimmie Daniels, a Black cabaret singer and nightclub host, lived in a first-floor apartment at 109 Bank Street with Rex Madsen, a white fashion designer from Iowa. The Bon Soir nightclub opened in the cellar of 40 West 8th Street in 1950, and Daniels served as its emcee until early 1962. The club was described as a place where patrons of any race or sexuality co-existed without tension.
Source: NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project
Further reading
- Then & Now photos: 109 Bank StreetVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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