Thursday, November 6, 2014

Live at the Fillmore East, a commemorative plaque



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
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 6, 2014 at 10:01 AM

    playing here brought out the best in musicians - like they just HAD to play better.

    I-)

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  2. AnonymousNovember 6, 2014 at 10:47 AM

    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!

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  3. AnonymousNovember 6, 2014 at 11:08 AM

    eh? there was already a plaque for the Fillmore East around the corner on 6th street.

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  4. AnonymousNovember 6, 2014 at 12:10 PM

    :-) the plaque on 6th is for the 'fillmore south'. :-)

    I-)

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  5. bowboyNovember 6, 2014 at 3:47 PM

    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.

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  6. vzabuserNovember 6, 2014 at 3:52 PM

    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

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  7. AnonymousNovember 6, 2014 at 10:05 PM

    Here's a great story about The Who at The Fillmore East: http://ultimateclassicrock.com/pete-townshend-arrested-fillmore-east/

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  8. AnonymousNovember 7, 2014 at 9:21 AM

    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.

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  9. AnonymousNovember 7, 2014 at 11:43 AM

    Or you could see it as inspiration for the present.

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  10. Ken from Ken's KitchenNovember 7, 2014 at 3:45 PM

    Exactly 11:43 AM. 24 Hour banking!!!

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