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Starter archiveClosedNeeds reviewPerformance space1978–1983
Club 57
57 St. Marks Place · East Village, Manhattan40.7283° N / 73.9863° W
Overview
Basement performance space on St. Marks, often cited within the early careers of downtown artists and performers.
Operating from a church basement on St. Marks Place, Club 57 is often cited within the early downtown careers of a generation of artists, performers, and filmmakers. It is remembered less for dance programming than for cheap, inventive nightly events that blurred art and party. Documentation lives largely in personal archives.
Oral histories & archival media
Archive plates
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FlyerPL.01
Pending acquisition
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PhotographPL.02
Pending acquisition
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DocumentPL.03
Pending acquisition
Placeholder plates — cleared scans drop in here
Sonic profile
punk/new wavemixed
Cultural role
downtown art worldperformance incubator
DJs, promoters & people
Ann Magnuson
Promoter · Programming / curation
Keith Haring
Artist embedded in downtown nightlife; Palladium commission
Kenny Scharf
Performer
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Tags
#downtownart#performance#St.Marks#basement