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Legend: aka = Also Known As / B=Ballroom / C=Cabaret / G=Roof Garden / H=Dance Hall / J=Juke Joint / N=Night Club / R=Rest-Supper Club / S=Saloon / T=Theatre / V=Vaudeville / M=Minstrel / X=Casino / Z=Hurdy Gurdy / n/a=Not Available
Name Note Cross Street Address City State Type Dance Era opn Clsd Org Owner/
or Mgr
Pabst-Harlem Restaurant Ballroom - - - NY B B 00's 1904 - -Pabst?
Pacific Square Blrm. - - - San Diego CA B B 40's - - -
Paddock Club above Earl Carrol Theater Seventh St. 50th Avenue - NY N SB 30's 1931 - -
Paddock Super Club - - - Albuquerque NM N B 60's 1965 - -
Pal Joey's - - - Palm Springs CA N - 60's - - -
Palace Theater Palace Theater Music Hall - - - NY TV - - 4/5/1913 5/1934 -
Palace Hotel Lu Waters Band - - San Francisco? CA - JS 20's - - -
Palais Royal Whiteman, Dorsey Broadway 48th Street New York NY - - 20's - - -
Palladium, The Benny Goodman 6215 Sunset Blvd. Gower Avenue Hollywood CA B BS 30's 1940? 10/29/1940 Very Very Crowded here
Palladium - - - London EN B B 20's 1926? - -
Palladium, The - 126th Street East 14th Street - NY B BS 20's - - -
Palladium Dance Hall - 53rd St. - Manhattan NY H L ? 1950's? - Max Hyman
Palais d'or - Broadway at 43rd Street - NY RN B 20's - - -
Palais de danse - - - Britain EN B B 10's 1919 - Hammersmiths
Palais de danse roof Garden Chez Maurice n/a n/a n/a NY G - 10s 1914 - Shuberts
Palasis de Danse Electric Park - Belle Isl. Bridge Detroit MI B B 20's - -  -
Palais de danse Persian Garden, Winter Garden. Broadway 50th Street - NY N B 10's 1914 3 floors of clubs. Lee Shubert
Palais Royal aka:
Club de Vingt, became Latin Qtr.		 Broadway 48th Street Times Square NY N B 10's 1917 1940? -
Palisades Dance Hall Palisades Park - - Palisades Park NJ H B 14's - - -
Palmer House Empire Room - - Chicago IL B B 40's - - Hilton
Palomar Ballroom Swing Craze started here-summer-1934. 3440 West 2nd. Street No. Vermont Avenue Los Angeles CA B SB 30's 1925 as El Patio 1939 (Fire) -Formerly El Patio, and Rainbow Gardens
Paradis, La Hope, Burns, etc 1 Thomas Circle n/a Washington WA RN JZ 20's n/a n/a n/a
Paradise - 18th Street - Kansas City? MO N S 30's - - Lucille Webb
Paradise Ballroom Madison Street Crawford Avenue Chicago IL B B 10's 1916 n/a J.L. GUYAN
Paradise Ballroom - Broadway 49th Manhattan NY N S 30's - - -
Paradise Cafe Sextuplets, Davis Dells 230 Illinois Ave Boardwalk Atlantic City NJ N S 40'S - - -
Paradise Club Closed to Prohibition - - London EN N SB 30's 1930? 5/1939 -
Paradise Club - - - Hollywood CA N SJ 40's - - -
Paradise Park - - - Calistoga CA N SB 30's - - JackWilliams
Paradise Pavillion Ballroom - - Hampton ME B B 30's   1930 Burned -
Paradise Theater  - - - Detroit MI - S 40's - - -
Paramount Theater Goodman returned
here in 1936 		43rd Street - New York City NY T - 30's 1938? - -
Paramount Theater - - - Los Angeles CA T - - - - -
Paria Inn - - - San Diego CA N S 50's - - -
Paris Inn Near Civic Cntr. 210 E. Market St. E. Main St. Los Angeles CA NR B 40's - - -
Parisian Room Palase de Danse, Chez Maurice, Persian Garden. Broadway 50th Street (2nd Floor) NY N B 10's 1915 - Maurice Mouvet, The Shuberts
Park Ballroom Minnosota - - New Prague MT B B 50's - - -
Park Central Hotel (roof). "A Castle In The Air" 56th Street 7th Avenue - NY H - 20's - - -
Park Central Hotel. - 640 Ocean Dr. - Miami Bch. FL H B 20's 1925 current -
Park Lane - 299 Park Avenue 48th - NY NR B 30's -- - -
Park Plaza Hotel - 64 Arlington St - Boston MA H B 20's 1927 current E.M Slater
Park Wilshire Hotel - 2424 Wilshire Bl. - Los Angeles NY - B 40's - - -
Parkway Ballroom dances promoted by Mckee Fitzhugh 4457 S. Parkway Bl - Chicago IL B BS 40's 3/9/1940 - Fred Guy mgr. (1947)
Parody Club - 48th Street W. Of Broadway - NY N B 20's - - -
Passaic Garden Blrm n/a W. Howe Garden St Passaic? NJ B B 60s - - -
Pauls Place - 1521 Alhambra Ave - Martinez CA. N BS 30's - - -
The Pavillion
(the Grand Strand) 		Atlantic Ocean (Shag) n/a n/a Myrtle Beach SC B BS 40s 1900 & 1948 current n/a
Pavillion Hotel - - - - NY - - 10's 1918 - -
Peabody Hotel - 149 Union Ave. - Memphis TN H B 87's 1869 current -
Peacock Alley - Hollywood Blvd. - Hollywood CA N S 50's - - -
Pekin Dance Hall - - - Fort Lee NJ D B 20's - - -
Pekin Restaurant Need Info? - - - - - - - 1925 out of Bus-Prohibition -
Pelham Cafe' aka:
"Nigger Mikes" 		- - Chinatown NY - - - 1920's - -
Pence Opera House Burlesque - - Minneapolis MN - - 87 1870 - -
Pendennis Club - - - Louisville KY N - 00's 1909 - -
Pensylvania Hotel - Penn-6-5000,
- Cafe Rouge
- Madhattan Rm.		 Seventh Avenue 32-33rd Street Manhattan NY - S 30's 1920 1947? -
Penta Hotel - Seventh 33rd. Street - NY N - 30's 1938 - -
Penthouse (Bob Dulane-1st DJ.) Western Ave. - - CA - - - - - -
Peony Park Ballroom Terrace Ballroom - - Omaha NB B B 30's 1919 1994 Joseph Malec
Peppermint Lounge - - - Paris FR N D 60's ? - -
Peppermint Lounge The Twist
Started here. 		- - Manhattan? NY N D 60's 1960? - Shirley Cohen
Pepermint West was Tailspin Cahuenga Franklin Hollywood CA N S 50's - - Johnny La Tazano
Perseverance Hall - Villere Street - New Orleans LA N - - - - -
Persian Garden Winter Garden, Palais de Danse. Broadway 50th Street - NY  GB B 10's 1914 - Shuberts,
Joan Sawyer-mgr.
Persian Room Plaza Hotel Fifth Avenue at 59th Street - NY HN B 30's - - -
Pete Lala's Cafe - Basin Street - New Orleans LA NR B 00's 1907 - Pete Lala?
Pfister Hotel - 424 E. Wisconsin Av - Milwalkee WI H B 89's 1893 current -
Piccidilly Hotel -Need Info! - - ENGLAND - - -- - 1925? - -
Pickwick Club Collpased during dance - - Boston MA N S - 1911 1920's? -
Pickwick Hotel Jessie Crump - - Kansas City MO B B - - - -
Pier Ballroom Electric Park - Belle Isl. Bridge Detroit MI B B 20's - -  -
Pier Ballroom Chautaugua Lake Celeron Park - Jamestown NY B B 40's - - -
Pierre Hotel Corinthian Room Fifth Avenue at 61st Street - NY B B 30's - - -
Pips West Coast Swing - - Beverly Hills CA N S 80's - - Stan Herman
Pismo
Dance Hall		 Pismo Beach - - Pismo Beach CA H B 20's - - -
PJ's The Wisk Dance - - - - N - 60's - - -
Pla - Mor - - - Kansas City MI N - 30's - - -
Pla - Mor Info - - Glencoe MN B B 50's - - -
Plantation Cafe' was Al Turner's Cafe, Moved~ New Plantation 338 E. 35th St. Grand Bl. Chicago IL NR SB 20's 10/29/1924 1934 Edward Fox & Al Turner & Al Capone
Plantation Club-1 atop Winter Garden Broadway 50th Street Manhattan NY N SB 20's ? - Harry Block
Plantation Club-2 also Manhattan W.126 Street Near Lennox Harlem NY N SB 20's - 1925 Harry Block, Murdered by O. Madden
Plantation Club-3 Relocated to Original Cotton
Club Spot.		 Lenox Ave. 142nd. Street Harlem NY N SB 30's 1938 - -
Plantation Club-4 - - - Hollywood CA N SB 40's - - -
Plaquato Ballroom - - - Chehalis WA B B 50's - - -
Playhouse Club - - - Independence MO N S 30's - - -
Playroom, The - Vine Street So. Of Hlywd Bl. Hollywood CA NR ? 40s - - Mike Lyman
Plaza Hotel, The - 1637 N. Vine Street Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood CA - SB 40's - - -
Plaza Hotel, The Persian Room
Veloz/Yolanda 		Fifth Avenue 59th St. / Central Pk New York NY NB SL 30's 1907 1938?/ current -
Pod's & Jerry's Located by Small's/Connie's - - Harlem NY N - 20's 1925? - -
Pony Moore's - - - Chicago IL N - 10's 1911 - -
Prelude, The West Coast Swing Lankershim Victory? North Hollywood CA N S 50's - - Dean Collins, Jack Carey
Press Box, The was Kings Table Lounge 6451 Westminster Blvd 405 Freeway Westminster CA N S 90's - - Kenny Wetzel
Primrose Dancing Palace - - - - - B B 30s - - -
Prince Igor Russian Club 16 E. Huron St - Chicago IL N B 40's - - -
Princess Ballroom also a restaurant route U.S.3 - West Concorde NH BR B - - - -
Proctors - Fifth Avenue - - - - - - 1890 - -
Prom Ballroom - - - - - - - - - - (Surf, Terp blrm chain)
Prospect Gardens, Hubers became: Hollywood Club 1600 Broadway 49th Street - NY N - 89's 1890 - Huber?
Purcell's - - - San Francisco CA N S 20's 1920's - Lou Purcell?
Pyramid Club - 101 Avenue A - - NY N - - - - -
 
August 20, 2004
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