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Apex Club (formerly Nest Club; formerly Club Alvadere)

CTL-E-0870 · Address · site · 1920s

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Successive 35th Street clubs; Earl Hines and Jimmie Noone associated with an Apex Club in 1928. Address and closure disputed.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from BVM-005; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-BVM-005:venue-apex-club; source research type(s): place.

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Record CTL-E-0870 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 2 sources · CTL research: BVM-005.
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