I stumbled upon the below illustration while doing some research about Tier 3, a fleeting live music venue that operated on West Broadway south of Canal Street. The space in question is now a posh Italian restaurant called Attraversa, but circa 1979, it played host to kind of a mind-blowing roster of bands including Bauhaus, Madness, Tuxedomoon, Defunct, the Bush Tetras and skronky No Wave acts like Lydia Lunch's 8 Eyed Spy and Glen Branca. In fact, you can see some incendiary live shots of Bauhaus' fabled set there via this amazing Flickr page, which also features compelling, period-specific performance shots form other bands at comparable venues.
In any case, the illustration below was penned by a gent named Rick Froberg, who -- along with being a visual artist -- has played in notable bands like Drive Like Jehu and the Hot Snakes.
I have no idea when he drew this map, but of all the spots Froberg cites here, only Stromboli's Pizza on St. Marks Place (made arguably famous by a certain Beastie Boys photo) remains.
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