In April 1949, a Times-Dispatch headline read, “Pyramid Craze at Peak Here.” The story was accompanied by photos of crowds of men and women putting money into a jar. In 1949 “pyramid clubs” began in ...

This microfilm collection consists of annual exhibition catalogs from the Pyramid Club, an African American social club. The exhibition catalogs date from 1943 to 1945 and 1955. 35mm microfilm reel ...

Baker Falls, the new East Village club and cafe in the former Pyramid Club space that’s being opened by Nick Bodor (Cake Shop, Bruar Falls) and Knitting Factory, is finally set to open this month.

An area of the East Village bounded by East 2nd and East 7th streets between First Avenue and the Bowery, plus 10th Street on the north side of Tompkins Square Park, is being considered as a possible ...

A book of oral histories about the now-shuttered venue takes us through those who came before, made it big, and died too soon. John Sex, Tabboo!, and friends in the Pyramid basement (undated) (photo ...

Darren Aronofsky’s new film Caught Stealing opens this week, and as the film is set in NYC’s East Village and Lower East Side in the late ’90s, there have been some fun viral promotions for it. Namely ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Pyramid Club was an African American social club founded circa 1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The club had its own bar and restaurant, ...