Lenox Lounge

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Lenox Lounge is a long-standing bar in Harlem, New York City. It was founded in 1939 and served as venue for performances by many great jazz artists, including Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane. Harlem Renaissance writers James Baldwin and Langston Hughes were both patrons[1], as was Malcolm X.[2]

The bar deteriorated through the middle of the 20th century but was renovated in 1999.

The Lenox Lounge was voted "Best of the Best" by the 2002 Zagat Survey Nightlife Guide and by the 2001 New York Magazine.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Official site
  2. ^ "The New Heyday of Harlem," Tessa Souter, The Independent on Sunday, June 8, 1997

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