The Sound Factory Bar
The Sound Factory Bar was a nightclub at 12 West 21st Street in New York City's Manhattan. The club was originally called Private Eyes and was a very popular nightspot in the late 1980s and the early 1990s.
It was then purchased by the owners of The Sound Factory, and, since the space was smaller, it was called the Sound Factory Bar. The club was an integral venue during a peak period of house music in New York. Wednesdays housed the recently resurrected Underground Network parties, hosted and promoted by recording artist Barbara Tucker and Don Welch, with Grammy Award winner Little Louie Vega as resident DJ. On Thursday nights, "Factoria 21," a tribal house gay night with DJ Merritt and Lord G, and on Friday nights, "Godfather of House" Frankie Knuckles helmed the decks. On Sunday afternoons, it was the host for "Body Positive Tea Dances," (a social for HIV positive men and their friends); the DJs were Mark Cicero and Mark Thomas. Closing out the weekend on Sunday evenings, "Purgatory" a tribal and progressive house gay night with DJ Merritt and DJ Andrew Tonio. Also, (in the latter Cheetah years) Cafe con Leche, Cafe Futuro, and Asseteria were weekly Sunday parties.
Other prominent DJs, artists, and parties appeared at the club as well during this time. There were legal troubles regarding the name of the venue after the business partners of Sound Factory split up. The space was resurrected as "Cheetah," but it has since closed. It become the Pacha New York.
Coordinates: 40°44′25.96″N 73°59′29.77″W / 40.7405444°N 73.9916028°W