22 Steps Theatre
| Full name | Latin Quarter |
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| Address | 511 Lexington Ave |
| Location | New York City |
| Coordinates | 40°45′18″N 73°58′24″W / 40.755092°N 73.973206°WCoordinates: 40°45′18″N 73°58′24″W / 40.755092°N 73.973206°W |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1942 |
| Reopened | 2003 |
| Website | |
| www |
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Latin Quarter (also known as LQ) is a nightclub in New York City.
The club which originally opened in 1942 featured big name acts. In recent years it has been a focus of hip hop, reggaeton and salsa music.
Its history is similar to that of its competitor the Copacabana.
Lou Walters, father of Barbara Walters, opened the club in 1942 at 1580 Broadway at 47th Street in a landmark three-story wedge shaped building that marked the north end of Times Square and was famed for the signs on the building's south side where Broadway and Seventh Avenue cross. Its most famous sign was the neon Coca-Cola sign.
Prior to Walters, the building was home to the Palais Royale with the Moulin Rouge in the basement in the 1920s. Norman Bel Geddes had designed the interior. Following this it was occupied by the Cotton Club after it left Harlem from 1936 to 1940.
Walters opened branches of the nightclub in other cities and was to sell the Boston club to Michael Redstone, father of Sumner Redstone.
During Walters's tenure, the club featured big name acts like Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Patti Page, the Carter Family, Sophie Tucker, Mae West, Diahann Carroll, Milton Berle, the Andrews Sisters, Frankie Laine and Ted Lewis along with chorus girls and concluded with a can can dance.
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