Manhattan · NYC landmark
Brill Building
1619 Broadway · Manhattan, New York City
Music publishers, performers and nightclubs shared a center of the music business.
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NYFE Summary
Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole and Tommy Dorsey were among the performers who leased offices here. Music publishers shared the building with booking agents, vocal coaches and other music businesses.
Second-floor clubs including the Hurricane, Club Zanzibar and Bop City brought jazz audiences here in the 1940s. Portrait busts above the entrance and near the roof remain part of the decorated street front.
NYFE summary from the official history and visitor sources linked below.
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Check the operator’s current opening, admission and access information before travelling. Historic status does not guarantee public access to every interior.
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