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Audubon Ballroom
(Venue)by Lauren Resnick, at Dec. 14, 2011, 3:04 p.m.
Name: Audubon Ballroom
Picture:
Caption/Citation: Audubon Ballrom. 1965. Photograph. Washington Heights, New York. Flickr. 25 June 2008. Web. 11 Dec. 2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dilgan/2609409216/.
Address: Broadway at 165th Street, Washington Heights (Upper Manhattan-north of Harlem)
Neighborhood: Harlem, New York
Opened: Built in 1912
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About: Famous as the sight where Malcolm X was assassinated on Febraury 21st, 1965. This venue was also one of the first where DJ Kool Herc played for an audience that did not consist of his family and friends at a house party - one of his first gigs.
Point: POINT (-73.9414398359821519 40.8391495400732509)
The following records each have a reference pointing to this record.
- DJ Kool Herc (Artist)
by resnl177, at Dec. 11, 2011, 4:13 p.m.