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Following its opening in 1939, Lenox Lounge was
known for hosting such jazz legends as Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis; James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, and Malcolm X were among the luminaries who used to gather in the lounge’s Zebra Room. It underwent a renovation in 2000, but this wasn’t enough to restore it to its former glory: Lenox Lounge closed in December 2012 amidst a lease dispute, and demolition began in May 2017. In between, there was
talk of a new jazz club on the site and a new Lenox Lounge opening elsewhere, but those plans
fell apart.
