337 East 8th Street

also 337B East 8th Street | East Village | built 1900

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The lot about 1940 — About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc

The lot about 1985 — About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1983
8BC opens as a scrappy East Village art and music club
Occupying the ground floor of 337 East 8th Street, 8BC ran as a gallery and performance space with a dirt floor and plywood bars. Its walls carried graffiti by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and the stage hosted acts including They Might Be Giants and the Butthole Surfers. The club closed by the end of 1985.
Source: Ephemeral New York

Further reading

337-337B East 8th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
335 East 8th StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
A short-lived club in the 1980s East VillageEphemeral New York

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