TRACKS NIGHTCLUB
TRACKS NIGHTCLUB
TRACKS NIGHTCLUB IN ARTHUR CAPPER COMMUNITY
According to the Washington Blade: Denver-based businessman Marty Chernoff, founder and owner of Tracks, has been credited with bringing to D.C. a gay nightclub that offered features that no other nightclub offered in the area, gay or straight, from the time it opened in 1984 through at least a decade or longer, Little and others working on the reunion say.
Little and Ed Bailey, who worked as a Tracks DJ and later as its director of promotions, pointed to some of the features of Tracks that set it apart from other clubs. Located in a sprawling warehouse building at 1111 First St., S.E., the club’s main room or hall included the region’s largest dance floor at the time.
Chernoff, who had been operating a Tracks nightclub in Denver, installed in the D.C. club the same state-of-the-art theatrical lighting and sound system he had been using in the Denver club. Chernoff also built in the D.C. club a separate video room with its own dance floor and sound system.
According to Bailey, the video screens were among the largest of any of the existing clubs in the area at a time when video screens were just starting to be installed in clubs in big cities like New York and Los Angeles.
And unlike most other clubs at the time, Chernoff had a large outdoor space as part of the Tracks property in which he installed a volleyball court with beach sand. He also built an 18-inch-deep pool surrounded by a large deck with chairs and an outdoor bar and grill, where hot dogs and hamburgers, among other food items, were served.
The outdoor space also featured yet another dance floor and sound system that became popular in the warm months.
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2013/04/25/glory-days-tracks-gay-nightlife-staple-of-80s-90s-remembered-fondly/
CHAPTER II NIGHT CLUB, NEXUS CLUB
CHAPTER II NIGHT CLUB, NEXUS CLUB
The Chapter II was the club almost everyone that live in Arthur Cappers frequent from time to time.It was the neighborhood CLUB were you go party and see all the popular bands. It later became Chapter III after new management. Then later it became The NEXUS CLUB, which was a gentlemen's club.
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CAPITOL HILL MOVIE THEATER
CAPITOL HILL MOVIE THEATER
The Avenue Grand Theater at 645 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. Later renamed the Capitol Hill Theater. One of the theaters in the now-closed multiplex at Union Station was named for the Avenue Grand. The Capital Hill Movie Theater was located at 645 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. It was the movie theater everyone in Cappers went to. Even though there were 2 theaters in the neighborhood. They were across the street from each other. The other theater was named The Penn Theater.
From: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/7120