184 Thompson Street

also 148 Bleecker Street | Greenwich Village | built 1977

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Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1964

    April

    Lenny Bruce is arrested twice after performing at the Cafe Au Go Go

    An earlier building on this site, at 152 Bleecker Street, held the Cafe Au Go Go, a basement nightclub that opened in February 1964 under owner Howard Solomon. In April 1964 Lenny Bruce played there twice with undercover detectives in the audience, and he was arrested after leaving the stage each time. On November 4, 1964, a court found both Bruce and Solomon guilty of obscenity.

    “In April 1964, Bruce appeared twice at the Cafe Au Go Go with undercover police detectives in the audience. On both occasions, he was arrested after leaving the stage…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 1967

    The Grateful Dead play their first New York shows at the Cafe Au Go-Go

    The basement club at 152 Bleecker Street, an earlier building on this lot, ran from 1964 to 1969 and booked jazz and rock acts such as Stan Getz and the Jefferson Airplane. In 1967 it booked the Grateful Dead for 11 days, their earliest performances in New York City. The district report notes the building was later demolished.

    “The Café Au Go-Go was at 152 Bleecker Street (demolished) from 1964 to 1969... the Grateful Dead, who were booked for 11 days in 1967…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1967

    Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention play nightly above the Au Go Go

    The Garrick Theatre, a 199-seat movie house at 152 Bleecker Street, stood on this site until it was demolished in the 1970s; it was an earlier building here. In 1967 Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention played in the building nightly for six months, while the Cafe Au Go Go operated in its basement. Andy Warhol also premiered films there in the late 1960s, including Bike Boy, Blue Movie, Flesh and Lonesome Cowboys.

    “Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention played here nightly for 6 months in 1967.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 1977

    Four buildings are combined behind a new brick facade at the corner of Bleecker

    The seven-story apartment building at 184-188 Thompson Street and 148-154 Bleecker Street dates from about 1977, when four separate buildings were merged into a single structure. The landmarks commission treats its facade as not historic, and the units now belong to a condominium that occupies what was formerly one tax lot.

    “Facade dates from c. 1977 when four buildings were combined into one structure. Historically tax lot 42, now condominium lots 1601-1745.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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