CLUB 57

The East Village of the 1970s and 1980s continues to thrive in the publics imagination around the world. Located in the basement of a Polish Church at 57 St. Mark's Place, Club 57 (197883) began as a no-budget venue for music and film exhibitions, and quickly to ok pride of place in a constellation of countercultural venues in downtown Manhattan fueled by low rents, the Reagan presidency, and the desire to experiment with new modes of art, performance, fashion, music, and exhibition. How one small, no-budget club became a crucible o...[Leer más]