CBGB Brings Down the Curtain With Nostalgia and One Last Night of Rock - New York Times: “'CBGB is a state of mind,' [Patti Smith] said from the stage in a short preshow set for the news media whose highlight was a medley of Ramones songs.
“'There’s new kids with new ideas all over the world,' she added. 'They’ll make their own places — it doesn’t matter whether it’s here or wherever it is.' ...
“'When we first started there was no place we could play, so we ended up on the Bowery,' said Tom Erdelyi, better known as Tommy Ramone, the group’s first drummer and only surviving original member. 'It ended up a perfect match.' ...
"CBGB ... is the latest and highest-profile rock club to vanish from Lower Manhattan in recent years as rents and other expenses have continued to skyrocket. Last year the Bottom Line closed over a debt of $185,000 to its landlord, New York University, and Fez and the Luna Lounge shut down because of development. The Continental, another ragged temple of punk on Third Avenue in the East Village, quit live music last month. Other clubs have sprouted up in Manhattan, but the center of gravity of the city’s club scene has gradually been shifting to Brooklyn. ...
”The club’s interior — a narrow corridor with a bar to the right, the stage to the back, stalactites of grime dangling from the ceiling and miles of ancient posters and graffiti all around — is almost as cherished as its music."
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