On the scene timeline
December 1973 · 315 Bowery
CBGB opens on the Bowery
Hilly Kristal's country-and-bluegrass bar accidentally becomes the birthplace of American punk.
15 October 2006 · 315 Bowery
CBGB closes with a Patti Smith set
Thirty-three years after opening, the Bowery club plays its last show. The East Village of the guests' youth is officially over.