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Final Night
A recurring night threaded through the atlas. A party often outlives any single room, tracing it across addresses is one way the atlas connects eras.
Rooms it touched
12 West
1975–1980 · West Village / Meatpacking District waterfront, Manhattan
ClosedClub
Fall 1980. Patrons arrived one evening to find the doors padlocked with no advance notice or announcement. The closure coincided with the opening of The Saint in September 1980, which drew heavily from 12 West's membership.
Max's Kansas City
1965–1974 (Ruskin era); 1975–1981 (Mills/Crowley era) · Gramercy / Union Square, Manhattan
ClosedPerformance space
December 12, 1981; the Rattlers and Ronnie and the Jitters closed the venue.