The story
The birthplace of the Lindy Hop replaced its dance floor every three years due to the pounding of 700,000 annual visitors.
Everything that was here
- 1926–1958
Savoy BallroomBallroom
The birthplace of the Lindy Hop replaced its dance floor every three years due to the pounding of 700,000 annual visitors.
See the map in 1927 → - 1923–1936
Cotton ClubNightclub
The 'Aristocrat of Harlem' featured the greatest Black entertainers but notoriously barred Black patrons.
See the map in 1924 →
Nearby history
Polo Grounds
155 8th Avenue · 918 m away
A fire destroyed the Polo Grounds grandstand in April 1911, and a concrete-and-steel stadium reopened on the same site b
Holcombe Rucker Park
157 West 155th Street · 1.3 km away
Apollo Theater
253 West 125th Street · 1.3 km away
Amateur Night began at the Apollo in 1934, and Ella Fitzgerald won it that November as a teenager.
Small's Paradise
2090 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard · 1.3 km away
Bronx River Community Center
161 East 161st Street · 1.4 km away
Minton's Playhouse
210 West 118th Street · 1.8 km away
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