Chicago’s City Council approved landmark designation for The Warehouse, the legendary venue that helped usher in the house music era.
If you’re hunting for the true history of house music, turn back the clock to 1977 and head to Chicago. There you’ll find the early days of the genre beginning to form at a 113-year-old building in the West Loop, The Warehouse, with legendary resident DJ Frankie Knuckles helping guide the way. Known as the “Godfather of House Music,” his performances at the three-level nightclub, which originally was a membership-only venue popular with gay Black men opened by Robert Williams, began…
