Last Wednesday the former home of the Fillmore East, which helped launch some of the biggest names in music at Second Avenue and East Sixth Street from 1968-1971, received a commemorative plaque marking its place in history… and we just realized that we never posted the photo of the plaque. So…
And here is the whole ceremony, if you care to watch…
You can read more about the Fillmore East at the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, who, along with Two Boots, made the plaque possible.
And find a listing of every band who played the Fillmore East here.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Bank branch becomes bank branch at former site of the Fillmore East
The Loew's Commodore Theatre
Rock of ages: Commemorating the Fillmore East on 2nd Avenue
10 comments:
playing here brought out the best in musicians - like they just HAD to play better.
I-)
Speaking of sinking, I noticed a section of the sidewalk is caving in on East 12th Street not far from Avenue A right in front of where that church was torn down. It's a trend!
eh? there was already a plaque for the Fillmore East around the corner on 6th street.
:-) the plaque on 6th is for the 'fillmore south'. :-)
I-)
Destroying our historic buildings just doesn't make me feel good about replacing them with a sign, bronze or not, so pardon me if I don't praise this commemoration.
Both previous plagues were lifted.. I was there at this thing -as a veteran of 20 Fillmore Shows. Good of Lenny to do a Dead tune
Here's a great story about The Who at The Fillmore East: http://ultimateclassicrock.com/pete-townshend-arrested-fillmore-east/
This supports the hyper-gentrification. It turns the neighborhood into a museum and likens the residents to the inhabitants of a zoo. Where tourists on busses or walking tours can gawk at the plaques and hear an often innacurate telling of what was once here or happened here. However, people still live here and all of this reminiscing about what once was doesn't really do anything to preserve the community that still lives here now. All these plaques going up around the neighborhood make me feel like I'm living in a cemetary. A developers and landlords dream.
Or you could see it as inspiration for the present.
Exactly 11:43 AM. 24 Hour banking!!!
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