Reply #70: Are you sure they can get loans and grants to do this? [View All]

[progressivebydesign]

Perhaps that can be part of your activism, educating the building owners about this. If the music is upstairs in some of these places, are you proposing elevators be put in?

I also wonder if the clubs themselves are simply leasing or renting space in some of these buildings. Rarely do the owners of the clubs own the buildings where I am. Maybe the building owners (which sound like they don't care for their buildings at all!) are something to look at. I wonder how the fire department signs off on these places, they sound like they're not up to code anyway.

So many people have brought up great points here, as with your original post, which was an eye opener. Jazz and blues clubs definitely struggle.. hell, as a musician I'm sure you know that having any kind of live music now is a struggle. I hope your activism on this leads to compliance, awareness, and an improvement for all music fans.