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What Has Become of New York City's Iconic Music Venues?

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CBGB, The Kitchen, The Palladium, Studio 54?what became of all of these iconic New York City music and performance venues? Red Bull Music Academy has a fun site up answering that question with a timeline of NYC venues and what became of them now. Max's Kansas City, where Patti Smith, William S. Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg hung out, is now a Korean Deli, Green Cafe. The former downtown location of The Kitchen (which still operates its West 19th Street outpost) is now an eyewear boutique. The Palladium, where U2 played its first show, is now the site of NYU dorm?brace?Palladium Hall. Click through for the full list.
· The Rent's Too Damn High [RBMA]
· History Lessons archive [Curbed]