Drawn in by the propulsive four-on-the-floor bass that could be heard blocks away through the then-derelict streets of Chicago’s West Loop, in the late 1970s and early ’80s young club-goers gathered at a modest but stylish three-story former industrial warehouse where the party raged from midnight until 8:00 a.m. or later, the punch was spiked with LSD, throngs of dancers felt the wooden floor inside bounce and heave with their movement, and a new sound was created that would take over the world.
This 1906 building, designed by the largely forgotten industrial architect Vernon Behel, became home to the legendary DJ Frankie Knuckles, whose nightlife soundscapes established this club, called The
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