Established in 1949, at the corner of Hyde and Turk, this jazz club was known first as The Stork Club and then, more famously, The Blackhawk. Ted Gioia called it “the most illustrious jazz corner on the Barbary Coast.” The club hosted many famous names, including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Dave Bruebeck and Cal Tjader. Derrick Bang, in his book Vince Guaraldi at the Piano, explains that the club was not just a performance space, but also a place where music was often recorded and then pressed. The latter was often managed by Fantasy Records, one of the city’s premier labels, known for helping develop and promote a uniquely San Francisco style of modernist jazz. “The club was also unusual in another respect,” writes Bang, “it maintained a section for minors, separated from the rest of the bar by chicken wire” (p.26).