The shuttering of downtown venues

AMNY offers a eulogy to the downtown rock scene, cataloguing the life span of East Village and Lower East Side clubs following a spate of recent closings. RIP: CBGB (1973- 2006), at 315 Bowery; Fez (1992-2005), at 380 Lafayette; Luna Lounge (1995-2005), at 171 Ludlow Street; Tonic (1998-2007), at 107 Norfolk; C-Note (1999- 2005), at 157 Avenue C; and Sine-e (2001-2007), at 150 Attorney Street. The clubs have moved out as increasingly high real estate values have led to rents they cannot afford. more [AMNY]