Block 149 of Vanessa Rubin Weeksville Oral History (Q26546)

' Vanessa Rubin:Well, I heard it was a little bigger than Sista’s [Place], so I get the sense it was, and it was a gathering spot where people went to play, to exchange ideas, the exchange of art, not just music, but other types of art. Painters, sculptors, dancers, people that cooked for the musicians went to the East. I was a hang and it was like a Mecca here in Brooklyn. For the music ...