Neighborhoods
Wikipedia ties Phil Ochs to Far Rockaway in Queens and Greenwich Village in Manhattan. A tie, not always an origin
On the map at 802 Empire Avenue
802 Empire Avenue, Queens: His childhood home. The family moved to this house in Far Rockaway after his father's discharge from wartime service.
Source: qchron.com
Places
Listen and read
Music spots
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Venue
The Gaslight Cafe
1958–1971A MacDougal Street coffeehouse, open from 1958 to 1971, that began as a basket house, where unpaid performers passed a basket at the end of each set and hoped to be paid. Richie Havens, José Feliciano, Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and Dave Van Ronk all played here between 1964 and 1966, per Wikipedia.
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Max’s Kansas City
1965–1981Mickey Ruskin opened this restaurant and club on Park Avenue South in 1965; it closed in 1974 and reopened in 1975 under Tommy Dean Mills, until 1981. Debbie Harry was a waitress here; Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye opened for Phil Ochs on New Year’s Day 1974; and after it reopened it became one of the birthplaces of punk, with bands from the Ramones and Blondie to Klaus Nomi, per Wikipedia.
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