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April 7, 2007

168 West 133rd St, Harlem

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168 W. 133rd St. in Harlem was once the location of Pod and Jerry's speakeasy. Billie Holliday got a job singing there in 1932. The club was opened in 1928 in the basement of this brownstone. It was designed to look like a log cabin and was owned by Jerry Preston and Charles "Pod" Hollingsworth.

Posted by nycphoto at April 7, 2007 7:32 PM

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