sonya ina

As of yesterday, after months and months of many failed attempts to keep the legendary NYC rock club open, CBGB finally closed its doors. Never again will anyone be able to walk down those claustrophobic steps to the skeevy bathrooms, and boy do I mean skeevy! Patti Smith, a seasoned veteran of CBGB, played the venue's final show.

Hilly Kristal (owner, 75) is packing up and moving some of the walls and stage to Las Vegas, where the reincarnation of the club will open its doors in 2008... new bathrooms and all.