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| Address | 57 St. Mark's Place |
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| Location | Manhattan, New York City |
| Coordinates | 40°43′42″N 73°59′11″W / 40.728316°N 73.986354°W |
| Type | Nightclub |
| Closed | around 1983 |
Club 57 was a nightclub located at 57 St. Mark's Place in the East Village, New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was originally founded by Stanley Zbigniew Strychacki as well as Dominic Rose. Then enhanced by nightclub performer Ann Magnuson, Susan Hannaford, and poet Tom Scully.[1] It was a hangout and venue for performance and visual artists and musicians, including The Cramps, Madonna, Keith Haring, Cyndi Lauper, Charles Busch, Klaus Nomi, The B-52s, RuPaul, Futura 2000, Tron von Hollywood, Kenny Scharf, Frank Holliday, John Sex, Wendy Wild, The Fall, April Palmieri, Peter Kwaloff (Sun PK), Robert Carrithers, The Fleshtones, The Fuzztones, Joey Arias, Lypsinka, Michael Musto, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Fab Five Freddy, Jacek Tylicki, and to a lesser extent, Jean-Michel Basquiat.
- ^ Boch, Richard (2017). The Mudd Club. Port Townsend, WA: Feral House. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-62731-051-2. OCLC 972429558.