Wednesday, January 16, 2008
The fight to save hip-hop's birthplace
From today's amNY newspaper:
"Residents of 1520 Sedgwick Ave., the place where in the mid-1970s a young D.J. later known as Kool Herc started spinning records at parties in the basement recreation room, are announcing today their plan to buy the building -- for only a few thousands dollars per apartment -- from private interests, and keep it affordable.Click here for the full article. More at Eskay's.
1520 Sedgwick is credited as the birthplace of hip hop. "It's like Graceland or the Grand Ole Opry, it's the birthplace, where it all started from," Herc said. "It's a piece of the American dream and we just want to preserve it.""
Online:
Save 1520 Sedgewick - website | MySpace
Labels: DJ Kool Herc
