Knitting Factory
74 Leonard Street | Tribeca | built 1865
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1994
The Knitting Factory moves its downtown music club to 74 Leonard Street
Michael Dorf opened the Knitting Factory on East Houston Street in 1987. Needing more room, the club moved in 1994 to this building on Leonard Street, where three bands could play at once and more than 600 people could crowd in. John Zorn played there, and Czech President Václav Havel and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright once turned up at one of his shows.
Source: amny.com
- 2009
Rising rents push the Knitting Factory out of Tribeca to Williamsburg
By the late 2000s the club's rent at 74 Leonard Street had tripled over ten years as Tribeca filled with luxury condos and families. In early 2009 the Knitting Factory announced it was leaving Manhattan for a much smaller room at 361 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the former Luna Lounge.
Source: amny.com
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