The Duplex

61 Christopher Street | also 113 7th Avenue South | West Village | built 1915

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

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1922
A prow-shaped taxpayer building rises as an extension of 59 Christopher Street
Architect Frank E. Vitolo designs the small taxpayer building at the corner of Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue South in 1922. It is built for Myra Haxtum Harper as an extension of No. 59 next door. The design has large ground-floor windows, a stuccoed second story and paired casement windows.
Source: media.villagepreservation.org
1989
The Duplex cabaret relocates to Christopher Street
The Duplex, a cabaret and piano bar that opened in 1951 at 55 Grove Street under founder Jimmy di Martino, moves to 61 Christopher Street in 1989. It keeps up its mix of piano-bar nights, open mics and cabaret in the new home on Sheridan Square.
Source: Wikipedia
2004
The Mostly Sondheim open mic begins a twelve-year run at the Duplex
Mostly Sondheim, a musical-theatre open mic with music directed by Brian Nash, begins at the Duplex in 2004. It runs until 2016, about twelve years in all.
Source: Wikipedia
2020
December 5
Saturday Night Live sets a sketch at the Duplex
The December 5, 2020 episode of Saturday Night Live includes a sketch set at the Duplex, with Cecily Strong and Bowen Yang. It joins other television nods to the club, which also turns up in an episode of Will & Grace.
Source: Wikipedia

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