Bond International Casino
The venue operated as the International Casino in the 1930s, a popular dinner club (not a gambling house). The club closed by 1940, the vacant location later converted to Bond Clothes, a men's clothing emporium.
Starting in 1980, the location again operated as a nightclub, merging the names of the two previous businesses as Bond International Casino, with co-owner, Maurice Brahms, who later co-owned Underground at 860 Broadway. The new venue had a capacity of 1,800 people. Notable 1980s performers included Blue Öyster Cult, Grace Jones, Blondie, The Plasmatics, Slave, The Dead Kennedys and The Clash.
The space was completely remodeled and reopened in 1988 as the Criterion Center, a pair of live theatre venues, with the larger being a Tony Award-eligible theatre; in 1991 the venues were leased to the Roundabout Theatre Company, which used them until 1999, when the building was completely gutted to make room for a flagship Toys R Us store.
References
- ^ "The Bowery Boys: New York City History: FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER: Bond International Casino". Theboweryboys.blogspot.com. September 27, 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
- ^ Freitag, Michael (January 8, 1990). "Violence at Discotheque Mobilizes Neighborhood". The New York Times. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
- ^ Foderaro, Lisa W. (November 11, 1988). "Plush Discos Offer Rock, Rap and Romanticism". The New York Times. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
- ^ Signed D.C. (November 4, 2005). "It's All The Streets You Crossed Not So Long Ago: The Bow-Ties That Bond". Streetsyoucrossed.blogspot.com. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
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