Hilly Kristal, founder of New York’s legendary punk club CBGB & OMFUG, has died at age 75 from complications due to lung cancer. Hilly closed the CBGB club and gallery last October after a dispute with his landlord and earlier this year I stopped by and shot some photos of the original CBGB and the new CBGB store-only location on St. Marks Place in the East Village.
Here’s more on the death of Hilly from The New York Times and The Village Voice.
photo credit: Scott Gries/Getty Images
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CBGB’s was not on St. Marks Place. That location is near St. Marks but it is actually on Bowery.
Michael, re-read the post. I never said that the original CBGB’s club was on St. Marks. It’s the new store that is there. See their website for more information: http://www.cbgb.com
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